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interpono
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Lewis Short
(verb) : inter-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3
* To put, place, lay, or set between or among, to interpose, insert between.
* Lit.
* Of place, constr. with acc. and dat., or inter with acc.: equitatus praesidia levis armaturae,Hirt. B. G. 8, 17; 13; 19: vestibus interponi eam (herbam) gratissimum,Plin. 21, 6, 20, § 43: ubi spatium inter muros ... pilae interponuntur,Caes. B. C. 2, 15: inter eos levis armaturae Numidas,Hirt. B. Afr. 13: uti levis armatura interjecta inter equites suos interponeretur,id. ib. 20: sulcos,Cato, R. R. 33, 3: ne interpositi quidem elephanti militem deterrebant,Liv. 37, 42: lateri vinculum lapides sunt, quos interposuere, ut, etc.,Curt. 8, 10, 25.
* Trop., to interpose, introduce, put in the way, put forward.
* To insert, interpose, introduce.—Of time: intercalariis mensibus interpositis,Liv. 1, 19, 6; cf.: inediam unius diei per singulos menses,Suet. Vesp. 20.—Of musical notes: iis sonis quos interposuerant, inserunt alios,Quint. 12, 10, 68.—Of words or language: ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur,Cic. Lael. 1: hoc loco libet interponere ... quantae, etc.,Nep. Pelop. 3, 1: subinde interponenti precibus, quid respondebo, etc., Quint. 6, 3, 64: paucis interpositis versibus,Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131: aliquid,Quint. 2, 4, 12: verbum ullum,Cic. Quint. 4, 15; so, querelas,id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1: meam sententiam,Quint. 5 prooem. 3. — Of a letter in a word: quibusdam (verbis litteram),Quint. 1, 5, 17.—Of a foot in verse: quibusdam (iambus) interpositus,id. 10, 1, 96.
* With personal objects, to introduce among, admit among, bring into, to bring into a feast, a society, among associates, etc.: quam sancta sit societas civium, dis immortalibus interpositis, etc.,Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 16: aliquem convivio,Suet. Claud. 39: legatos familiaribus,id. Ner. 22.
* To mingle: frigidam (cibis),to drink cold water while eating,Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55; cf.: condimentis cuminum,to mix with,id. 20, 15, 58, § 153.
* In gen., as a hinderance, interference, reason, or pretext: Lentulus provinciam, quam sorte habebat, interposita religione, deposuit,Cic. Pis. 21, 50: neque ulla belli suspicione interposita,Caes. B. G. 4, 32: nulla interposita dubitatione,id. ib. 7, 40; Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; 52: interposita pactione,Just. 7, 6, 5: offensione aliqua interposita,Cic. Phil. 2, 4: nec colloquium interposita causa tolli volebat,Caes. B. G. 1, 42; Hirt. B. Alex. 70: causam interponens collegas exspectare,Nep. Them. 7, 2: postulata haec ab eo interposita esse, quominus, etc.,Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3: operam, studium, laborem pro sociis,id. Div. in Caecin. 19.
* Esp.
* Of a judgment, decree, edict, oath, etc.: jurejurando interposito,Liv. 34, 25, 7; Suet. Caes. 85: jus eo die se non dicturum, neque decretum interpositurum,Liv. 3, 46, 3: ad decreta interponenda pecuniam occipere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Suet. Tib. 33: judicium suum,Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: poenas compromissaque,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 66: exceptionem actioni,Dig. 44, 1, 2: intercessionem suam (of a tribune of the people),Val. Max. 6, 1, 10: tutor interponit auctoritatem suam,gives his authorization,Gai. Inst. 1, 190.
* Fidem interponere, to pledge one's word or credit: fidem suam in eam rem,Caes. B. G. 5, 36, 2: fidem reliquis interponere, jusjurandum poscere, ut, etc.,id. ib. 5, 6, 6: fidem suam in re omni,Hirt. B. Alex. 63: omni interposita fide,Caes. B. C. 3, 86: ut in eam rem fidem suam, si quid opus esse putaret, interponeret,Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; cf.: sponsio interponeretur,Liv. 9, 9.
* Se interponere (in aliquid, or alicui rei; also with quominus or absol.), to interfere, intermeddle, engage in, set one's self in the way: si te in istam pacificationem non interponis,Cic. Fam. 10, 27, 2: bello se,Liv. 35, 48: num ego me non interpono Romanis,Just. 3, 10, 11: num quem putas posse reperiri, qui se interponat, quominus, etc.?Cic. Vatin. 15: quid enim me interponerem audaciae tuae?expose myself,id. Phil. 2, 4, 19: ni tribuni plebis interposuissent se,Liv. 27, 6: tu vero, quod voles, facies; me nihil interpono,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5.— Rarely, to interfere, interpose in behalf of any one: semper se interposuit,Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5: Qui me mediis interposuerim Caesaris scriptis, i.e. by writing a continuation,Hirt. B. G. 8 praef.
* To put, place, lay, or set between or among, to interpose, insert between.
* Lit.
* Of place, constr. with acc. and dat., or inter with acc.: equitatus praesidia levis armaturae,Hirt. B. G. 8, 17; 13; 19: vestibus interponi eam (herbam) gratissimum,Plin. 21, 6, 20, § 43: ubi spatium inter muros ... pilae interponuntur,Caes. B. C. 2, 15: inter eos levis armaturae Numidas,Hirt. B. Afr. 13: uti levis armatura interjecta inter equites suos interponeretur,id. ib. 20: sulcos,Cato, R. R. 33, 3: ne interpositi quidem elephanti militem deterrebant,Liv. 37, 42: lateri vinculum lapides sunt, quos interposuere, ut, etc.,Curt. 8, 10, 25.
* Trop., to interpose, introduce, put in the way, put forward.
* To insert, interpose, introduce.—Of time: intercalariis mensibus interpositis,Liv. 1, 19, 6; cf.: inediam unius diei per singulos menses,Suet. Vesp. 20.—Of musical notes: iis sonis quos interposuerant, inserunt alios,Quint. 12, 10, 68.—Of words or language: ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur,Cic. Lael. 1: hoc loco libet interponere ... quantae, etc.,Nep. Pelop. 3, 1: subinde interponenti precibus, quid respondebo, etc., Quint. 6, 3, 64: paucis interpositis versibus,Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131: aliquid,Quint. 2, 4, 12: verbum ullum,Cic. Quint. 4, 15; so, querelas,id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1: meam sententiam,Quint. 5 prooem. 3. — Of a letter in a word: quibusdam (verbis litteram),Quint. 1, 5, 17.—Of a foot in verse: quibusdam (iambus) interpositus,id. 10, 1, 96.
* With personal objects, to introduce among, admit among, bring into, to bring into a feast, a society, among associates, etc.: quam sancta sit societas civium, dis immortalibus interpositis, etc.,Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 16: aliquem convivio,Suet. Claud. 39: legatos familiaribus,id. Ner. 22.
* To mingle: frigidam (cibis),to drink cold water while eating,Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55; cf.: condimentis cuminum,to mix with,id. 20, 15, 58, § 153.
* In gen., as a hinderance, interference, reason, or pretext: Lentulus provinciam, quam sorte habebat, interposita religione, deposuit,Cic. Pis. 21, 50: neque ulla belli suspicione interposita,Caes. B. G. 4, 32: nulla interposita dubitatione,id. ib. 7, 40; Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; 52: interposita pactione,Just. 7, 6, 5: offensione aliqua interposita,Cic. Phil. 2, 4: nec colloquium interposita causa tolli volebat,Caes. B. G. 1, 42; Hirt. B. Alex. 70: causam interponens collegas exspectare,Nep. Them. 7, 2: postulata haec ab eo interposita esse, quominus, etc.,Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3: operam, studium, laborem pro sociis,id. Div. in Caecin. 19.
* Esp.
* Of a judgment, decree, edict, oath, etc.: jurejurando interposito,Liv. 34, 25, 7; Suet. Caes. 85: jus eo die se non dicturum, neque decretum interpositurum,Liv. 3, 46, 3: ad decreta interponenda pecuniam occipere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Suet. Tib. 33: judicium suum,Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: poenas compromissaque,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 66: exceptionem actioni,Dig. 44, 1, 2: intercessionem suam (of a tribune of the people),Val. Max. 6, 1, 10: tutor interponit auctoritatem suam,gives his authorization,Gai. Inst. 1, 190.
* Fidem interponere, to pledge one's word or credit: fidem suam in eam rem,Caes. B. G. 5, 36, 2: fidem reliquis interponere, jusjurandum poscere, ut, etc.,id. ib. 5, 6, 6: fidem suam in re omni,Hirt. B. Alex. 63: omni interposita fide,Caes. B. C. 3, 86: ut in eam rem fidem suam, si quid opus esse putaret, interponeret,Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; cf.: sponsio interponeretur,Liv. 9, 9.
* Se interponere (in aliquid, or alicui rei; also with quominus or absol.), to interfere, intermeddle, engage in, set one's self in the way: si te in istam pacificationem non interponis,Cic. Fam. 10, 27, 2: bello se,Liv. 35, 48: num ego me non interpono Romanis,Just. 3, 10, 11: num quem putas posse reperiri, qui se interponat, quominus, etc.?Cic. Vatin. 15: quid enim me interponerem audaciae tuae?expose myself,id. Phil. 2, 4, 19: ni tribuni plebis interposuissent se,Liv. 27, 6: tu vero, quod voles, facies; me nihil interpono,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5.— Rarely, to interfere, interpose in behalf of any one: semper se interposuit,Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5: Qui me mediis interposuerim Caesaris scriptis, i.e. by writing a continuation,Hirt. B. G. 8 praef.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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