interpellatio

νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

interpellātĭo: ōnis, f. interpello,
I a speaking between, an interruption in speaking; an interruption, hinderance.
I In gen.: quid tibi interpellatio aut in consilium huc accessiost? What business have you to interrupt? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 83: cursum orationis interpellatione impedire, Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39; id. Part. Or. 8: sine ulla interpellatione, id. Fam. 6, 18 fin.; Suet. Aug. 72: si quid nobis agentibus novi accidit, interpellatio, interventio alicujus, etc., Quint. 4, 3, 16; 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2. —
II In law, a suit, appeal to the court, Dig. 5, 1, 23; 50, 16, 188.

interpellātĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (interpello),
1 interruption, interpellation : Cic. Part. 30 ; de Or. 2, 39