Latin

Noun

interpositiō f ‎(genitive interpositiōnis); third declension

1. (in general) a putting between, insertion
2. (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.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “interpositio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.