Italian

Verb

interpello

1. first-person singular present indicative of interpellare

Latin

Etymology

From inter- +‎ pellō ‎(“push, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈpel.loː/

Verb

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

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

Inflection

Derived terms

• interpellātiō
• interpellātor
• interpellātus

Related terms

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “interpello”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to interrupt: interpellare aliquem (dicentem)