I.a putting between, insertion.
I. In gen.: “tetrastyli, propter columnarum interpositiones, spatiosiores constituantur,” Vitr. 5, 3, 8.—
II. Esp.
A. An inserting or introduction of persons in discourse: “personarum,” Cic. Inv. 1, 6, 8; “of words: una interpositio difficilior est,” id. Fam. 16, 22, 1.—
B. A rhet. figure, parenthesis, Quint. 9, 3, 23.