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inter-curso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. freq. [intercurro] (tmesis: inter enim cursant, Lucr. 3, 262), to run between.

  1. I. Lit.: intercursantibus barbaris, Liv. 21, 35, 1.
  2. II. Transf., to be or lie between; to grow, move, or be in motion between: acinos foliis intercursantibus, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42; 15, 22, 24, § 88; in tmesi: inter enim cursant primordia principiorum motibus inter se, Lucr. 3, 262.

1. intercursus, Part., from intercurro; v. intercurro, II.

2. intercursus, ūs, m. [intercurro], only abl. sing., a running between, intervention, interposition (rare, except in Liv.): periculum intercursu tum primum pubescentis filii propulsatum, Liv. 21, 46, 7: impeditus intercursu suorum, id. 37, 42, 4: consulum intercursu rixa sedata est, id. 2, 29, 4.
Of flashes of lightning: nox terribilis intercursu luminis diri, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 10.