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.