interpono

Latin

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Etymology

inter (“between”, “among”) +‎ pōnō (“I place”, “I put”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈpoː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.terˈpɔː.no]

Verb

interpōnō (present infinitive interpōnere, perfect active interposuī, supine interpositum); third conjugation

1. to put, place or lay between or among
2. to insert, interpose or introduce (often in a bad way)

   Synonym: obiectō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.42:

     Caesar, quod neque conloquium interposita causa tolli volebat neque salutem suam Gallorum equitatui committere audebat, commodissimum esse statuit omnibus equis Gallis equitibus detractis eo legionarios milites legionis X., cui quam maxime confidebat, imponere, ut praesidium quam amicissimum, si quid opus facto esset, haberet.

     Caesar, as he didn't want either the interview to be for any reason set aside or confide his wellbeing in the hands of the Gallic cavalry, said he saw as most fit the Gallic horsemen be stripped off their steeds and in their place mount legionaries of the 10th legion, in which he had the utmost faith, that he might have as trusted a body-guard as one could have if the occasion ever urged its use.

3. to pledge

   Synonyms: spondeō, dēspondeō, pangō, stipulor

Conjugation

   Conjugation of interpōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interpōnō		interpōnis		interpōnit		interpōnimus		interpōnitis		interpōnunt
	imperfect	interpōnēbam		interpōnēbās		interpōnēbat		interpōnēbāmus		interpōnēbātis		interpōnēbant
	future	interpōnam		interpōnēs		interpōnet		interpōnēmus		interpōnētis		interpōnent
	perfect	interposuī		interposuistī		interposuit		interposuimus		interposuistis		interposuērunt, interposuēre
	pluperfect	interposueram		interposuerās		interposuerat		interposuerāmus		interposuerātis		interposuerant
	future perfect	interposuerō		interposueris		interposuerit		interposuerimus		interposueritis		interposuerint
passive	present	interpōnor		interpōneris, interpōnere		interpōnitur		interpōnimur		interpōniminī		interpōnuntur
	imperfect	interpōnēbar		interpōnēbāris, interpōnēbāre		interpōnēbātur		interpōnēbāmur		interpōnēbāminī		interpōnēbantur
	future	interpōnar		interpōnēris, interpōnēre		interpōnētur		interpōnēmur		interpōnēminī		interpōnentur
	perfect	interpositus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interpositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interpositus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interpōnam		interpōnās		interpōnat		interpōnāmus		interpōnātis		interpōnant
	imperfect	interpōnerem		interpōnerēs		interpōneret		interpōnerēmus		interpōnerētis		interpōnerent
	perfect	interposuerim		interposuerīs		interposuerit		interposuerīmus		interposuerītis		interposuerint
	pluperfect	interposuissem		interposuissēs		interposuisset		interposuissēmus		interposuissētis		interposuissent
passive	present	interpōnar		interpōnāris, interpōnāre		interpōnātur		interpōnāmur		interpōnāminī		interpōnantur
	imperfect	interpōnerer		interpōnerēris, interpōnerēre		interpōnerētur		interpōnerēmur		interpōnerēminī		interpōnerentur
	perfect	interpositus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interpositus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		interpōne		—		—		interpōnite		—
	future	—		interpōnitō		interpōnitō		—		interpōnitōte		interpōnuntō
passive	present	—		interpōnere		—		—		interpōniminī		—
	future	—		interpōnitor		interpōnitor		—		—		interpōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		interpōnere			interpōnī			interpōnēns			—
future		interpositūrum esse			interpositum īrī			interpositūrus			interpōnendus, interpōnundus
perfect		interposuisse			interpositum esse			—			interpositus
future perfect		—			interpositum fore			—			—
perfect potential		interpositūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		interpōnendī		interpōnendō		interpōnendum		interpōnendō		interpositum		interpositū

Derived terms

• interpositiō

Descendants

• English: interpone, interpose
• French: entreposer, interposer
• Italian: interporre
• Portuguese: entrepor, interpor
• Romanian: interpune
• Sicilian: ntrappùniri
• Spanish: entreponer, interponer

References

• “interpono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interpono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “interpono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to interpose, put forward an argument, a reason: causam interponere or interserere
    
  • to make all possible haste to..: nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1)
    
  • to interpolate, insert something: interponere aliquid (De Am. 1. 3)
    
  • to guarantee the protection of the state; to promise a safe-conduct: fidem publicam dare, interponere (Sall. Iug. 32. 1)
    
  • to pledge one's word to..: fidem interponere (Sall. Iug. 32. 5)
    
  • to interfere in a war: bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)