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interluo

interluo, to wash under, flow between

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

interluō, 3, a.: to wash between; flow between, 3.419.
inter-lŭo, 3, v. a.
  • To wash while doing any thing: manus (between the acts of a sacrifice), Cato R. R. 132.—
  • II Of rivers, to wash under, to flow between: pontus ... arva et urbes Litore diductas angusto interluit aestu, Verg. A. 3, 419: quosque secans infaustum interluit Allia nomen, id. ib. 7, 717: saxaque interluens unda, Curt. 4, 3, 6: quantum interluit fretum? (al. interfluit), Liv. 41, 23: quod Capreas et Surrentum interluit fretum, Tac. A. 6, 1: (Nereus) abscissos interluit aequore montes, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 143; Amm.23, 6, 70.— Pass.: urbs interluitur Euphrate, Sol. 56, 2.

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