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interea

interea, meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

intereā: (adv.), amid these things; meanwhile, in the meantime, 1.418, et al.
intĕr-ĕā, adv.
  • Meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim (class.): saepe interea mihi senex narrabat, Ter. Phorm. 365: interea dies advenit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37: cum interea, Ter. Hec. 421; Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 15: haec dum Romae geruntur, Quintius interea de agro detruditur, id. Quint. 6.— With loci: plus triginta natus annis sum, cum interea loci Numquam quicquam facinus feci pejus quam hodie, Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 1 (446); id. Ps. 1, 3, 32 (261); Ter. Eun. 255; id. Heaut. 257; Pac. ap. Non. 488, 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 71 Rib.).— *
    • B (For interdum.) Sometimes, Sil. 7, 395.—
  • II Transf., like Engl. meanwhile (approaching the sense of), nevertheless, however (but in class. prose always retaining a reference to time; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 611 sq.), Cic. Fam. 5, 12 fin.; Verg. G. 1, 83: cum interea, Cic. Clu. 30, 82; cf.: tamen interea, Cat. 101, 7.

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