interpono

inter-pōnō posuī, posītus, ere,

to put between, place among, interpose, insert, intersperse: ubi spatium . . . pilae interponuntur, Cs.: ne interpositi quidem elephanti militem deterrebant, L.: lateri vinculum lapides sunt, quos interposuere, ut, etc., Cu.—In time, to insert, interpose, introduce: intercalariis mensibus interpositis, L.—In speech, to introduce, insert: hoc loco libet interponere . . . quantae, etc., N.: paucis interpositis versibus: verbum ullum.—Of time, to let pass, permit to elapse, leave, interpose: spatium ad recreandos animos, Cs.: tridui morā interpositā, after a delay of, Cs.: spatio interposito, some time after: hac interpositā nocte, L.—With personal objects, to introduce, make an associate of: quam sancta sit societas civium, dis inmortalibus interpositis, etc. —Of writings, to make insertions in, falsify, alter: rationibus populorum non interpositis.—Fig., to introduce, interpose, put forward, adduce, allege, use as a pretext, urge as an objection: decreta: iudicium suum: neque ullā belli suspicione interpositā, Cs.: accusatorem, make a pretext for delay: causam interponens conlegas exspectare, N.: operam, studium, laborem, apply.—To pledge, give, interpose: sponsio interponereter, L.: interpositā fide publicā, S.: in eam rem se suam fidem interponere, gave his word, Cs.—With se, to interfere, intermeddle, intrude, engage in, come in the way: ni se tribuni plebis interposuissent, L.: semper se interposuit, lent his aid, N.: te invitissimis his: se quo minus, etc., C., L.: te in istam pacificationem: me audaciae tuae.