interpello

See also: interpellò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.terˈpɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧pèl‧lo

Verb

interpello

1. first-person singular present indicative of interpellare

Latin

Etymology

From inter- +‎ pellō (“push, drive, hurl”) +‎ -ō, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.terˈpel.loː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈpɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈpel.lo/, [in̪t̪erˈpɛlːo]

Verb

interpellō (present infinitive interpellāre, perfect active interpellāvī, supine interpellātum); first conjugation

1. to interrupt by speaking, disrupt, disturb, interject
2. to hinder, obstruct, impede, disturb, molest
3. to annoy, importune
4. to try to seduce a female, solicit
5. to address, speak to, accost
6. to demand payment of, dun
7. to interpose

Conjugation

Conjugation of interpellō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interpellō	interpellās	interpellat	interpellāmus	interpellātis	interpellant
	imperfect	interpellābam	interpellābās	interpellābat	interpellābāmus	interpellābātis	interpellābant
	future	interpellābō	interpellābis	interpellābit	interpellābimus	interpellābitis	interpellābunt
	perfect	interpellāvī	interpellāvistī, interpellāstī1	interpellāvit, interpellāt1	interpellāvimus, interpellāmus1	interpellāvistis, interpellāstis1	interpellāvērunt, interpellāvēre, interpellārunt1
	pluperfect	interpellāveram, interpellāram1	interpellāverās, interpellārās1	interpellāverat, interpellārat1	interpellāverāmus, interpellārāmus1	interpellāverātis, interpellārātis1	interpellāverant, interpellārant1
	future perfect	interpellāverō, interpellārō1	interpellāveris, interpellāris1	interpellāverit, interpellārit1	interpellāverimus, interpellārimus1	interpellāveritis, interpellāritis1	interpellāverint, interpellārint1
passive	present	interpellor	interpellāris, interpellāre	interpellātur	interpellāmur	interpellāminī	interpellantur
	imperfect	interpellābar	interpellābāris, interpellābāre	interpellābātur	interpellābāmur	interpellābāminī	interpellābantur
	future	interpellābor	interpellāberis, interpellābere	interpellābitur	interpellābimur	interpellābiminī	interpellābuntur
	perfect	interpellātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interpellātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interpellātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interpellem	interpellēs	interpellet	interpellēmus	interpellētis	interpellent
	imperfect	interpellārem	interpellārēs	interpellāret	interpellārēmus	interpellārētis	interpellārent
	perfect	interpellāverim, interpellārim1	interpellāverīs, interpellārīs1	interpellāverit, interpellārit1	interpellāverīmus, interpellārīmus1	interpellāverītis, interpellārītis1	interpellāverint, interpellārint1
	pluperfect	interpellāvissem, interpellāssem1	interpellāvissēs, interpellāssēs1	interpellāvisset, interpellāsset1	interpellāvissēmus, interpellāssēmus1	interpellāvissētis, interpellāssētis1	interpellāvissent, interpellāssent1
passive	present	interpeller	interpellēris, interpellēre	interpellētur	interpellēmur	interpellēminī	interpellentur
	imperfect	interpellārer	interpellārēris, interpellārēre	interpellārētur	interpellārēmur	interpellārēminī	interpellārentur
	perfect	interpellātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interpellātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	interpellā	—	—	interpellāte	—
	future	—	interpellātō	interpellātō	—	interpellātōte	interpellantō
passive	present	—	interpellāre	—	—	interpellāminī	—
	future	—	interpellātor	interpellātor	—	—	interpellantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		interpellāre	interpellāvisse, interpellāsse1	interpellātūrum esse	interpellārī	interpellātum esse	interpellātum īrī
participles		interpellāns	—	interpellātūrus	—	interpellātus	interpellandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		interpellandī	interpellandō	interpellandum	interpellandō	interpellātum	interpellātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• interpellātiō
• interpellātor
• interpellātus

Related terms

• appellō
• compellō

Descendants

• English: interpellate
• French: interpeller
• Italian: interpellare
• Portuguese: interpelar
• Romanian: interpela
• Spanish: interpelar

References

• “interpello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interpello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• interpello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to interrupt: interpellare aliquem (dicentem)