interruptio

Latin

Etymology

From interrumpō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

interruptiō f (genitive interruptiōnis); third declension

1. interruption
2. interval
3. break, discontinuity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	interruptiō	interruptiōnēs
Genitive	interruptiōnis	interruptiōnum
Dative	interruptiōnī	interruptiōnibus
Accusative	interruptiōnem	interruptiōnēs
Ablative	interruptiōne	interruptiōnibus
Vocative	interruptiō	interruptiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: interrupció
• English: interruption
• French: interruption
• Italian: interruzione
• Portuguese: interrupção
• Spanish: interrupción

References

• “interruptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interruptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.