interea

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Latin

Adverb

intereā (not comparable)

  1. meanwhile, in the meantime
    • c. 29 bc, Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon, III.284
      sed fvgit interea fvgit inreparabile tempvs
      But it flees, meanwhile, it flees... irretrievable time.
  2. nevertheless, notwithstanding

Synonyms

  1. interim, dum

References

  • interea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • interea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • interea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.