interpositio

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

interpŏsĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [interpono], a putting between, insertion.

I In gen.: tetrastyli, propter columnarum interpositiones, spatiosiores constituantur, Vitr. 5, 3, 8.—

II Esp.

A An inserting or introduction of persons in discourse: personarum, Cic. Inv. 1, 6, 8; of words: una interpositio difficilior est, id. Fam. 16, 22, 1.—

B A rhet. figure, parenthesis , Quint. 9, 3, 23.

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