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inter-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (in tmesi: inter quasi rumpere, Lucr. 5, 287: inter quasi rupta, id. 5, 299), v. a., to break apart or asunder, break to pieces, break up (class., esp. in part. pass.).

  1. I. Lit.: contingere idem terrae necesse est, ut nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116: interrupta et impervia itinera, Tac. A. 3, 31: acies, Liv. 40, 40: ignes, scattered about, here and there, Verg. A. 9, 239.
    Of bridges, etc.: pontem fluminis, to destroy, Caes. B. C. 1, 16; 1, 48; id. B. G. 7, 34; Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; Liv. 2, 10; Just. 2, 13, 5.
    Of the ranks of an army, esp. the enemy’s line: interrupta acies, Liv. 40, 40: extremum agmen, Caes. B. C. 1, 64: aciem hostium, Liv. 44, 41.
  2. II. Trop., to break off, interrupt: orationem, Caes. B. C. 3, 19: iter amoris et officii, Cic. Att. 4, 2: ordinem, Col. 11, 2, 25: sermonem, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 25: contextum, Quint. 11, 3, 39: querelas, Ov. M. 11, 420: possessionem, Dig. 41, 3, 5: somnos, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55: ni medici adventus nos interrupisset, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 1: somnum, Suet. Aug. 78.
    Hence, interruptus, a, um, P. a., interrupted: officium, Cic. Fam. 5, 8: consuetudo, id. ib. 15, 14: voces, id. Cael. 24: dictio silentio, Quint. 9, 2, 71: sermo, Tac. H. 2, 41.
    Adv.: interruptē, interruptedly: narrare, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329.

interruptĭo, ōnis, f. [interrumpo], an interrupting, interruption, interval (postAug.).

  1. I. In gen.: muri, Hier. in Isa. 9, 3, § 12 sqq.: Oceani, Mart. Cap. 6, § 622; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 32.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Rhet. t. t., = ἀποσιώπησις, a sudden break in the thought or expression: quam idem Cicero reticentiam, Celsus obticentiam, nonnulli interruptionem appellant, Quint. 9, 2, 54.
    2. B. An interruption: usurpatio est usucapionis interruption, Dig. 41, 3, 2.
    3. C. A breaking up, division, distinction: generum, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 5.

‡ interruptor, ōris, m. [interrumpo], an interrupter, spoiler: interruptor, διαφθορεύς, Gloss. Philox.

interruptus, a, um, P. a., v. interrumpo fin.