intervenio

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti

Proto-Italic *gʷəniō

Latin veniō

Latin interveniō

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈwɛ.ni.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.terˈvɛː.ni.o]

Verb

interveniō (present infinitive intervenīre, perfect active intervēnī, supine interventum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

to intervene, come between
to interrupt
Synonyms: interrumpō, dirimō, irrumpō, frangō, īnfringō, rumpō, āvocō
to occur, happen
Synonyms: ēveniō, expetō, obtingō, obveniō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō

Conjugation

Conjugation of interveniō (fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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	—	—		intervenītur	—	—		—
	imperfect	—	—		interveniēbātur	—	—		—
	future	—	—		interveniētur	—	—		—
	perfect	—	—		interventum est	—	—		—
	pluperfect	—	—		interventum erat	—	—		—
	future perfect	—	—		interventum erit	—	—		—
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		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	—	—		interveniātur	—	—		—
	imperfect	—	—		intervenīrētur	—	—		—
	perfect	—	—		interventum sit	—	—		—
	pluperfect	—	—		interventum esset	—	—		—
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	intervenī		—	—	intervenīte		—
active	future	—	intervenītō		intervenītō	—	intervenītōte		interveniuntō
passive	future	—	—		intervenītor	—	—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		intervenīre		intervenīrī		interveniēns		—
future		interventūrum esse		interventum īrī		interventūrus		interveniendum, interveniundum
perfect		intervēnisse		interventum esse		—		interventum
future perfect		—		interventum fore		—		—
perfect potential		interventūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		interveniendī	interveniendō		interveniendum	interveniendō	interventum		interventū

Derived terms

Related terms

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 (2003-2026), 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.