interstes

Latin

Etymology 1

From interstō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈter.stes/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛrs̠t̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈter.stes/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛrst̪es]

Adjective

interstes (genitive interstitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin, hapax) standing between or among
   • 207 CE – 208 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.33:

     si desierunt vetera et coeperunt nova interstite Iohanne

     • Translation by Ernest Evans

       if old things have come to an end, and new things have begun, with John as the point of division

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	interstes			interstitēs	interstitia
genitive	interstitis			interstitium
dative	interstitī			interstitibus
accusative	interstitem	interstes		interstitēs	interstitia
ablative	interstitī			interstitibus
vocative	interstes			interstitēs	interstitia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

interstēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of interstō

References

• “interstes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interstes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• interstes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.