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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle → Love that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

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interruptĭo: ōnis, f. interrumpo,
I an interrupting, interruption, interval (postAug.).
I In gen.: muri, Hier. in Isa. 9, 3, § 12 sqq.: Oceani, Mart. Cap. 6, § 622; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 32. —
II Transf.
   A Rhet. t. t., = ἀποσιώπησις,> a sudden break in the thought or expression: quam idem Cicero reticentiam, Celsus obticentiam, nonnulli interruptionem appellant, Quint. 9, 2, 54.—
   B An interruption: usurpatio est usucapionis interruption, Dig. 41, 3, 2.—
   C A breaking up, division, distinction: generum, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 5.