interspatium

Latin

Etymology

inter- +‎ spatium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈspa.ti.um/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈs̠pät̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈspat.t͡si.um/, [in̪t̪erˈspät̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

interspatium n (genitive interspatiī or interspatī); second declension

1. interspace, interval, interstice

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	interspatium	interspatia
Genitive	interspatiī interspatī1	interspatiōrum
Dative	interspatiō	interspatiīs
Accusative	interspatium	interspatia
Ablative	interspatiō	interspatiīs
Vocative	interspatium	interspatia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: interspace

References

• interspatium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• interspatium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “interspatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press