Inter Cæsa et Porrecta

Out of hand. Many things may occur between the cup and lip. (See Cicero: Ad Attĭcum, v. 18.) Literally, between the slaughter (cæsa) of the sacrificial victim and its being laid (porrecta) on the altar. It was not permitted to speak while the priest struck the animal, nor yet while the sacrifice was being consumed by fire; but between these intervals persons were allowed to talk.