intervenio

Latin

Etymology

From inter- (“between”) +‎ veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈu̯ɛnioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈve.ni.o/, [in̪t̪erˈvɛːnio]

Verb

interveniō (present infinitive intervenīre, perfect active intervēnī, supine interventum); fourth conjugation

1. to intervene, come between
2. to interrupt

   Synonyms: interrumpō, dirimō, irrumpō, frangō, īnfringō, rumpō, āvocō

3. to occur, happen

   Synonyms: ēveniō, expetō, obtingō, obveniō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō

Conjugation

Conjugation of interveniō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interveniō	intervenīs	intervenit	intervenīmus	intervenītis	interveniunt
	imperfect	interveniēbam	interveniēbās	interveniēbat	interveniēbāmus	interveniēbātis	interveniēbant
	future	interveniam	interveniēs	interveniet	interveniēmus	interveniētis	intervenient
	perfect	intervēnī	intervēnistī	intervēnit	intervēnimus	intervēnistis	intervēnērunt, intervēnēre
	pluperfect	intervēneram	intervēnerās	intervēnerat	intervēnerāmus	intervēnerātis	intervēnerant
	future perfect	intervēnerō	intervēneris	intervēnerit	intervēnerimus	intervēneritis	intervēnerint
passive	present	intervenior	intervenīris, intervenīre	intervenītur	intervenīmur	intervenīminī	interveniuntur
	imperfect	interveniēbar	interveniēbāris, interveniēbāre	interveniēbātur	interveniēbāmur	interveniēbāminī	interveniēbantur
	future	interveniar	interveniēris, interveniēre	interveniētur	interveniēmur	interveniēminī	intervenientur
	perfect	interventus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interventus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interventus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interveniam	interveniās	interveniat	interveniāmus	interveniātis	interveniant
	imperfect	intervenīrem	intervenīrēs	intervenīret	intervenīrēmus	intervenīrētis	intervenīrent
	perfect	intervēnerim	intervēnerīs	intervēnerit	intervēnerīmus	intervēnerītis	intervēnerint
	pluperfect	intervēnissem	intervēnissēs	intervēnisset	intervēnissēmus	intervēnissētis	intervēnissent
passive	present	interveniar	interveniāris, interveniāre	interveniātur	interveniāmur	interveniāminī	interveniantur
	imperfect	intervenīrer	intervenīrēris, intervenīrēre	intervenīrētur	intervenīrēmur	intervenīrēminī	intervenīrentur
	perfect	interventus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interventus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	intervenī	—	—	intervenīte	—
	future	—	intervenītō	intervenītō	—	intervenītōte	interveniuntō
passive	present	—	intervenīre	—	—	intervenīminī	—
	future	—	intervenītor	intervenītor	—	—	interveniuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		intervenīre	intervēnisse	interventūrum esse	intervenīrī	interventum esse	interventum īrī
participles		interveniēns	—	interventūrus	—	interventus	interveniendus, interveniundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		interveniendī	interveniendō	interveniendum	interveniendō	interventum	interventū

Derived terms

• interventiō
• interventor
• interventus

 

Related terms

• adveniō
• antēveniō
• circumveniō
• contrāveniō
• conveniō
• dēveniō
• inveniō
• obveniō
• perveniō
• praeveniō
• prōveniō
• reveniō
• subveniō
• superveniō
• transveniō
• veniō
• ventitō
• ventō
• ēveniō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: intervenir, entrevenir
• English: intervene
• French: intervenir
• Galician: intervir
• Italian: intervenire
• Old French: entrevenir
• Portuguese: intervir
• Romanian: interveni
• Spanish: intervenir, entrevenir

References

• intervenio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “intervenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intervenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intervenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.