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Latin
Etymology 1
From interstō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
interstes (genitive interstitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (Ecclesiastical Latin, hapax) standing between or among
207 CE – 208 CE,
Tertullian,
Adversus Marcionem 4.33:
- si desierunt vetera et coeperunt nova interstite Iohanne
- Translation by Ernest Evans
- if old things have come to an end, and new things have begun, with John as the point of division
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
interstēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of interstō
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