intermission Copy link Outline 1. intermissio2. expr. by intermitto, mīsi, ssum, 33. rĕmissio (partial i., of a fever) • intermission: 1. intermissio: i. of labour at the bar, i. forensis operae, Cic. Div. 2, 68, 142: without any i., sine ulla i., Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114: Liv. 2. expr. by intermitto, mīsi, ssum, 3: to crow without i., sic assidue canere, ut (aves) nihil intermittant, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74: more precisely, nullo puncto temporis intermisso, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52: of labourers, ne nocturnis quidem temporibus ad laborem intermissis, Caes. B. G. 5, 11: to be marked by total i. (of a fever), ex toto intermittere, Cels. 3, 14. 3. rĕmissio (partial i., of a fever): Cels. 2, 10, med.; ib. 3, 3. Phr.: (the fever) is subject to an i. of one day, unum diem integrum praestat, Cels. 3, 3: the pain has i.s, dolor dat intervalla, Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95.
INTERMISSION Copy link • INTERMISSIONintermissio (the giving up entirely for a time): omissio (the giving up entirely): cessatio (the resting; opposed to previous activity; often in a depreciating sense): intercapedo (interval during which anything is interrupted; interruption; e.g., intercapedinem scribendi facere, Cic.): interpellate (interruption of a speaker; hence interruption generally): Without any intermission, uno tenore, sine ulla intermissione: without any the least intermission, sine ulla minimi temporis intermissione (Cic.). In fevers, intermissio (total; remissio, being partial): decessio (opposed to accessio, Cels.): dies integri (on which the patient is without fever). After the first two days there follows an intermission of two days, finita febre biduum integrum est (Cels.): to have one day’s intermission, unum diem praestare integrum: in this fever there is no intermission, but only an occasional remission, hoc genus [febrium] non ex toto in remissione desistit, sed tantum levius est: the intermissions are longer, febris longiore circuitu redit (Cels.). To have intermissions, (ex toto) intermittere (Cels.); certum circuitum habere et ex toto remitti (Cels.); dies integros praestare (Cels.).