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interpellātĭo , ōnis, f. interpello,
I.a speaking between, an interruption in speaking; an interruption, hinderance.
I. In gen.: “quid tibi interpellatio aut in consilium huc accessiost?” What business have you to interrupt? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 83: “cursum orationis interpellatione impedire,” Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39; id. Part. Or. 8: “sine ulla interpellatione,” id. Fam. 6, 18 fin.; Suet. Aug. 72: “si quid nobis agentibus novi accidit, interpellatio, interventio alicujus, etc.,” Quint. 4, 3, 16; 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2. —
II. In law, a suit, appeal to the court, Dig. 5, 1, 23; 50, 16, 188.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.18
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 3.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 72
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 3.16
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.31
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.2
    • Cicero, Partitiones Oratoriae, 8
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