interruptĭo, ōnis, f. [interrumpo], an interrupting, interruption, interval (postAug.).
I In gen.: muri, Hier. in Isa. 9, 3, § 12 sqq.: Oceani, Mart. Cap. 6, § 622; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 32. —
II Transf.
A Rhet. t. t., = ἀποσιώπησις, a sudden break in the thought or expression : quam idem Cicero reticentiam, Celsus obticentiam, nonnulli interruptionem appellant, Quint. 9, 2, 54.—
B An interruption : usurpatio est usucapionis interruption, Dig. 41, 3, 2.—
C A breaking up , division , distinction : generum, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 5.