intervenio

Latin

Etymology

From inter- (“between”) +‎ veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.terˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈu̯ɛnioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈve.ni.o/, [in̪t̪erˈvɛːnio]

Verb

interveniō (present infinitive intervenīre, perfect active intervēnī, supine interventum); fourth conjugation

to intervene, come between
to interrupt
Synonyms: interrumpō, dirimō, irrumpō, frangō, īnfringō, rumpō, āvocō
to occur, happen
Synonyms: ēveniō, expetō, obtingō, obveniō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō

Conjugation

Conjugation of interveniō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	interveniō	intervenīs		intervenit	intervenīmus	intervenītis		interveniunt
	imperfect	interveniēbam	interveniēbās		interveniēbat	interveniēbāmus	interveniēbātis		interveniēbant
	future	interveniam	interveniēs		interveniet	interveniēmus	interveniētis		intervenient
	perfect	intervēnī	intervēnistī		intervēnit	intervēnimus	intervēnistis		intervēnērunt, intervēnēre
	pluperfect	intervēneram	intervēnerās		intervēnerat	intervēnerāmus	intervēnerātis		intervēnerant
	future perfect	intervēnerō	intervēneris		intervēnerit	intervēnerimus	intervēneritis		intervēnerint
passive	present	intervenior	intervenīris, intervenīre		intervenītur	intervenīmur	intervenīminī		interveniuntur
	imperfect	interveniēbar	interveniēbāris, interveniēbāre		interveniēbātur	interveniēbāmur	interveniēbāminī		interveniēbantur
	future	interveniar	interveniēris, interveniēre		interveniētur	interveniēmur	interveniēminī		intervenientur
	perfect	interventus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interventus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interventus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	interveniam	interveniās		interveniat	interveniāmus	interveniātis		interveniant
	imperfect	intervenīrem	intervenīrēs		intervenīret	intervenīrēmus	intervenīrētis		intervenīrent
	perfect	intervēnerim	intervēnerīs		intervēnerit	intervēnerīmus	intervēnerītis		intervēnerint
	pluperfect	intervēnissem	intervēnissēs		intervēnisset	intervēnissēmus	intervēnissētis		intervēnissent
passive	present	interveniar	interveniāris, interveniāre		interveniātur	interveniāmur	interveniāminī		interveniantur
	imperfect	intervenīrer	intervenīrēris, intervenīrēre		intervenīrētur	intervenīrēmur	intervenīrēminī		intervenīrentur
	perfect	interventus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interventus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	intervenī		—	—	intervenīte		—
active	future	—	intervenītō		intervenītō	—	intervenītōte		interveniuntō
passive	present	—	intervenīre		—	—	intervenīminī		—
passive	future	—	intervenītor		intervenītor	—	—		interveniuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		intervenīre		intervenīrī		interveniēns		—
future		interventūrum esse		interventum īrī		interventūrus		interveniendus, interveniundus
perfect		intervēnisse		interventum esse		—		interventus
future perfect		—		interventum fore		—		—
perfect potential		interventūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		interveniendī	interveniendō		interveniendum	interveniendō	interventum		interventū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: intervenir, entrevenir
English: intervene
French: intervenir
Galician: intervir
Italian: intervenire
Old French: entrevenir
Portuguese: intervir
Romanian: interveni
Spanish: intervenir, entrevenir

References

intervenio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
“intervenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“intervenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
intervenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.