Intercus, huius intércutis, pen. corr. Adiectiuum. Plaut.Beetweene the skinne and the flesh.Siquis medicamentum cuipiam dederit ad aquam intercutem.Cic.If a man giue to one a medicine for the dropsie.Ipsi intercutibus vitijs madentes. Gel. Themselues disteined and ful of toward and hidde vices.Intercoribus stupris obstinatis. Cato. Inward and secreate.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
inter-cus, cŭtis, adj. [cutis], under the skin, intercutaneous.I. Esp., as med. t. t.: aqua intercus,
the dropsy
, Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3: medicamentum alicui dare ad aquam intercutem, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 42: morbus aquae intercutis, Suet. Ner. 5 al.— B. As subst.: intercus, cŭtis, f., the dropsy: tumens morbi intercutis (al. aquae intercutis), Hier. Vita Hilar. 37: leucophlegmatiam, quam Latino nomine intercutem dicimus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8, 102.— C.Trop.: aquam te habere in animo intercutem, dropsy in the mind, a weak and watery mind, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 2.—II. In gen., within the skin, internal, inward: intercutibus vitiis madentes, Gell. 13, 8 fin.; cf. stupra, Cato ap. Prisc.p. 719 P.