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Latin
Etymology
inter- + sum
Pronunciation
Verb
intersum (present infinitive interesse, perfect active interfuī, future participle interfutūrus); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle
- to be or lie between
- to be apart
- to differ
- to be present, attend (+ dative), take part
- (impersonal) to make a difference; to concern; to matter
Conjugation
Irregular conjugation.
Descendants
References
- “intersum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intersum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intersum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be present at secret consultations: consiliis arcanis interesse (Liv. 35. 18)
- to attend lectures: scholis interesse
- to take part in divine service (of the priest): rebus divinis interesse (B. G. 6. 13)
- to take part in the engagement: proelio interesse