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 Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛr.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.ter.poˈs̬it.t͡si.o] === Noun === interpositiō f (genitive interpositiōnis); third declension (in general) a putting between, insertion (and especially): an inserting or introduction an introduction (of persons in discourse) an inserting (of words) (rhetoric) parenthesis (rhetorical figure) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== 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.