interstitio

interstitio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *ənter
Latin inter
Latin inter-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *staēōder.
Latin stō
Latin interstō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin interstitiō

    From interstō (“to stand between”) + -tiō.

    Noun

    interstitiō f (genitive interstitiōnis); third declension

    1. pause, respite, interval
    2. difference, distinction

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative interstitiō interstitiōnēs
    genitive interstitiōnis interstitiōnum
    dative interstitiōnī interstitiōnibus
    accusative interstitiōnem interstitiōnēs
    ablative interstitiōne interstitiōnibus
    vocative interstitiō interstitiōnēs

    References

    • “interstitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “interstitio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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