intervello
intervello, vulsi (rarely velli, v. infra), vulsum, 3,
- v. a., to pluck, pull, or pick out here and there, to lop, prune (post-Aug.).
- I In partic., to pluck out here and there, to thin.—Of wings: ne ego homo infelix fui qui non alas intervelli (sc. vocis), Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170 (322).—Of the beard: isti, qui aut vellunt barbam, aut intervellunt, Sen. Ep. 114, 20. — Of fruit and trees, to pluck here and there, to prune: poma intervelli melius est, ut quae relicta sint, grandescant, Plin. 17, 27, 47, § 260: arbores, Col. 5, 10: semina, id. 4, 33, 3. —
- II In gen., to tear out, take away: num aliquid ex illis intervelli, atque ex tempore dicendis inseri possit, Quint. 12, 9, 17: quae ita sunt natura copulata, ut mutari aut intervelli sine confusione non possint, id. 10, 7, 5.
inter-vello, vellī, vulsī, vulsum, ere, I) mitten herausreißen, übtr. bei Quint. 10, 7, 5: aliquid ex illis, Quint. 12, 9, 17. – II) prägn., hier und da berupfen, alas, Plaut. Amph. 326: barbam, Sen. ep. 114, 21. – bes. als t. t. der Landw., auslichten, ausschneiteln, ausästen, semina, Colum.: arbores, Colum.: poma, Plin.
intervellō, (15) vulsī, vulsum, ĕre, tr., arracher par intervalles, çà et là, par places : Sen. Ep. 114, 21 ; [fig.] Quint. 10, 7, 5 ; 12, 9, 17 || élaguer, éclaircir des arbres : Col. Rust. 5, 10.
- 1. uitrukken;
- 2. hier en daar uitnemen, uitdunnen [alas; barbam].