interpositio

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Latin

Etymology

interposit- (perfect passive participial stem of interpōnō, “I put, place, or lay between or among”, “I insert, interpose, or introduce”, “I pledge”) +‎ -iō (suffix forming nouns of action)

Pronunciation

Noun

interpositiō f (genitive interpositiōnis); third declension

  1. (in general) a putting between, insertion
  2. (and especially):
    1. an inserting or introduction
      1. an introduction (of persons in discourse)
      2. an inserting (of words)
    2. (rhetoric) parenthesis (rhetorical figure)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative interpositiō interpositiōnēs
Genitive interpositiōnis interpositiōnum
Dative interpositiōnī interpositiōnibus
Accusative interpositiōnem interpositiōnēs
Ablative interpositiōne interpositiōnibus
Vocative interpositiō interpositiōnēs

Descendants

References

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