Lewis & Short

inter-quĭesco, quĭēvi, quĭētum, 3, v. n., to rest between whiles, rest a while, pause,

  1. I. Lit., of persons: bibe, interquiesce, Cato, R. R. 159: cum haec dixissem et paululum interquievissem, Cic. Brut. 23, 91.
  2. II. Trop., of things: dolor, Sen. Ep. 78: lites, Plin. Ep. 8, 21.