interpolis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

interpŏlis, e, and interpŏlus, a, um, adj. [inter-polio], that has received a new appearance, altered by furbishing, polished up, vamped up, repaired; esp., falsified, painted, not genuine (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

I Lit., Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29: si vestimenta interpola quis pro novis emerit, Dig. 18, 1, 45. —

II Transf.: istaec veteres (mulieres), quae se unguentis unctitant, interpoles, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 117: mutatur ars quotidie, toties interpolis, new vamped , Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11.