interpello Latin · revision 31625

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la pellō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛrˈpɛl.loː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.terˈpɛl.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interpellō''' (present infinitive interpellāre, perfect active interpellāvī, supine interpellātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[inter-|t=between]] and [[pellō|t=to push, drive]], passing into the first conjugation like [[appellō]] and [[compellō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨pellō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pelnā-]] and [[ine-pro|*pelh₂-|alt=*pl-n(e)-h₂-|t=to approach]], cognate with [[grc|πίλναμαι|tr=pílnamai|t=to approach]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short cite Plautus' “if you interrupt, I'll be silent”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to interrupt a speaker, or to say something by way of interruption: Cicero says he did not interrupt even to praise.^(OLD 2012) It extends to interrupting any activity or process, as weeping interrupts Cicero's talk with his books, and to obstructing persons or actions: Caesar says siege works robbed him of a clear victory.^(OLD 2012) It is also to accost someone, especially with a request, and to make advances to a woman; in law it is to sue.^(OLD 2012)

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+ A grammar ascribed to Julian of Toledo cites ''intrepella'' for ''interpella'' as a barbarism.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it “interrupt, hinder; intercede; interrogate”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|interpellate]] (1590s) meant “interrupt”; its parliamentary sense dates from 1874.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of interrupting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of accosting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of interruption and obstruction.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English [[m|en|interpellate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|interrupt]] a speaker; to say by way of interruption.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To interrupt a person or activity; to break up, intersperse.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|obstruct]], hinder, impede.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|accost]], especially with a request; to solicit a woman.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' To sue.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interpellātiō]]

+ * [[interpellātor]]

+ * [[interpellatrix]]

+ * [[interpellātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[appellō]]

+ * [[compellō]]

+ * [[pellō]]

+ * [[en|interpellate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}