interpositio

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

(Classical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.poˈsi.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrpɔˈs̠ɪt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.poˈsit.t͡si.o/, [in̪t̪erpoˈs̬it̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

interpositiō f (genitive interpositiōnis); third declension

(in general) a putting between, insertion
(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

Old French: interposicion
- English: interposition
- French: interposition
Russian: интерпозиция (interpozicija)

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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