interrupt Copy link Outline 1. interrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to break off, cut short, in whatever way)2. dĭrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (to terminate altogether; whereas interrumpo may denote only a temporary pause)3. interpello, 1 (strictly, to i. a speaker; whether with friendly intent or not)4. interfāri, 1 (= preced.5. obstrĕpo, ui, ĭtum, 3 (with dat.6. oblŏquor, cūtus, 3 (by speaking in opposition7. intervĕnio, vēni, ntum, 4 (to come in or between while something is going on • interrupt: 1. interrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to break off, cut short, in whatever way): a shower of missiles i.'d the speech, mediam orationem int. tela immissa, Caes. B. C. 3, 19: Pl.: rarely with personal object: had not the arrival of the doctor i.'d us, ni medici adventus nos interrupisset, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, init. 2. dĭrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (to terminate altogether; whereas interrumpo may denote only a temporary pause): v. to break off. 3. interpello, 1 (strictly, to i. a speaker; whether with friendly intent or not): I won't i. you, nihil te interpellabo, [continentem orationem audire malo], Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 16: in gen. sense, to i. any one when engaged upon his profession, aliquem intentum arti suae i., Curt. 9, 4, ad fin. 4. interfāri, 1 (= preced.: rare): when he began to speak he was i.'d by Phaeneas, orsum eum dicere, Phaeneas interfatus ... ait, Liv. 32, 34, init. 5. obstrĕpo, ui, ĭtum, 3 (with dat.: to bawl at a speaker so as to cause him to desist): as Claudius was i.'d (by the people), quum Claudio obstreperetur, Liv. 43, 16: Sall. Cat. 31, fin. Join: obstrepere [ingenti clamore] et medios sermones intercipere, Quint. 6, 4, 11. 6. oblŏquor, cūtus, 3 (by speaking in opposition: with dat.): those who had i.'d and contradicted him most defiantly, qui ferocissime oblocuti erant, Curt. 10, 2, extr. Join: interpellare et obloqui, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, init. 7. intervĕnio, vēni, ntum, 4 (to come in or between while something is going on: usu. with dat.): cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 14, ne molesti vobis interveniremus, i. e. should intrude upon you: night i.'d the engagement, nox proelio intervenit, Liv. 23, 18, med. Phr.: a plain i.'d by hills, planities collibus intermissa, Caes. B. G. 7, 70.