interrumpo Latin · revision 31890

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *Hru-n-p-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛrˈrʊm.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.terˈrum.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interrumpō''' (present infinitive interrumpere, perfect active interrūpī, supine interruptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Lucretius splits it in tmesis, ''inter quasi rumpere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inter-|rumpō|t2=to break]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|rumpō]] to [[itc-pro|*ru-n-p-|t=to break]] and [[ine-pro|*Hru-n-p-|t=to break]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[ang|rēofan|t=to break, tear]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “while I am afraid to interrupt the conversation”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to make a gap in something, to break apart or up, as Accius' broken cloud and Tacitus' broken, impassable roads, and of bridges to destroy, as in Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In war it is to break the ranks of an army, as in Caesar and Livy.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to break off or interrupt, as Caesar's interrupted speech, and Cicero uses it of a voice broken by grief.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is common in the passive participle.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “divide, break into, cleave, break apart”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|interrupt]], from its past participle, first meant to interfere with a legal right, about 1400.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of interrupting a conversation.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of a broken cloud.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of destroying bridges and interrupting a speech.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a broken voice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English [[m|en|interrupt]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To break apart, break up; to destroy a bridge; to break an army's line.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|interrupt]], break off, cut short; to cause a pause in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interruptiō]]

+ * [[interruptor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rumpo|alt=rumpō]]

+ * [[abrumpo|alt=abrumpō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}