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inter-pello , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to interrupt by speaking, to disturb, molest, etc. (syn. obloquor; class.).
B. Esp.
1. To annoy, importune: “cum a Ceballino interpellatus sum,Curt. 6, 10, 19: “urbe egrediens, ne quis se interpellaret,Suet. Tib. 40; molest, disturb one, id. ib. 34. —
2. To solicit, try to seduce a female: “qui mulierem puellamve interpellaverit,Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14 Huschke (Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 2).—
3. To address, accost, speak to, i. q. alloqui: verum tu quid agis? interpella me, ut sciam, Lucil. ap. Non. 331, 1; “= interjicere, interpellantem admonere,to object, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 71. —
4. To dun, demand payment of, Dig. 26, 7, 44; cf. Amm. 17, 3, 6. —
II. In gen., to disturb, hinder, obstruct, molest; constr. with acc., quin, quominus, ne, or inf.
(β). With quin: Caesar numquam interpellavit, quin, quibus vellem, uterer, Matius ad Cic. Fam. 11, 28.—
(γ). With quominus: “interpellent me, quo minus honoratus sim, dum ne interpellent, quo minus, etc.,Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1.—
(δ). With ne: tribunis interregem interpellantibus, ne senatusconsultum fieret, to interpose their veto, Liv. 4, 43.—(ε) With inf.: “pransus non avide, quantum interpellet inani Ventre diem durare,Hor. S. 1, 6, 127.—(ζ) Absol.: fameque et siti interpellante, disturbing him, Suet. Ner. 48.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (22):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 11.28
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.19.4
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.10
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.44
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.71
    • Horace, Satires, 1.6.127
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.105
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.73
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.9
    • Suetonius, Nero, 48
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 27
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 57
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 43
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 50
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 5.20
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 27
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.10.19
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.2.5
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.6.12
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 9.4.28
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