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inter-pōno , pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.,
I.to put, place, lay, or set between or among, to interpose, insert between.
I. Lit.
B. Esp.
1. 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.—
2. Of time, to let pass, permit to elapse, leave an interval: “spatium ad recreandos animos,Caes. B. C. 3, 74: “ejus rei causa moram interponi arbitrabatur,id. B. G. 4, 9, fin.: “tridui mora interposita,after a delay of, id. ib. 4, 11; id. B. C. 1, 64; 3, 12; 75: “nullam moram,Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2: “nullam moram, quin, etc.,id. Ac. 1, 1: “spatio interposito,some time after, id. Clu. 2, 5; Liv. 5, 5, 10: “diebus aliquot interpositis,Varr. R. R. 3, 9: “tempore interposito,Suet. Tib. 9; cf. id. Claud. 26; Plin. 25, 8, 49, § 88: “hac interposita nocte,Liv. 44, 39.—
3. 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.—
C. 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. —
II. Trop., to interpose, introduce, put in the way, put forward.
B. Esp.
2. 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.—
3. 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.
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