I.to interrupt by speaking, to disturb, molest, etc. (syn. obloquor; class.).
I. To interrupt by speaking, to disturb a person speaking: “si interpellas, ego tacebo,” Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 62: “nihil te interpellabo, continentem orationem audire malo,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 16: “tu vero, ut me et appelles, et interpelles, et obloquare, et colloquare, velim,” id. Q. Fr. 2, 10: “quasi interpellamur ab iis,” Quint. 4, 5, 20; “a person engaged in business: si quis te arti tuae intentum sic interpellet,” Curt. 9, 4, 28. — Absol.: “ministri, interpellando, . . . atrocitatem facti leniebant,” Sall. J. 27, 1; Suet. Tib. 27.—
B. Esp.
1. To annoy, importune: “cum a Ceballino interpellatus sum,” Curt. 6, 10, 19: “urbe egrediens, ne quis se interpellaret,” Suet. Tib. 40; molest, disturb one, id. ib. 34. —
2. To solicit, try to seduce a female: “qui mulierem puellamve interpellaverit,” Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14 Huschke (Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 2).—
3. To address, accost, speak to, i. q. alloqui: verum tu quid agis? interpella me, ut sciam, Lucil. ap. Non. 331, 1; “= interjicere, interpellantem admonere,” to object, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 71. —
4. To dun, demand payment of, Dig. 26, 7, 44; cf. Amm. 17, 3, 6. —
II. In gen., to disturb, hinder, obstruct, molest; constr. with acc., quin, quominus, ne, or inf.
(α).
With acc.; of persons: “aliquem in jure suo,” Caes. B. G. 1, 44; “of things: partam jam victoriam,” id. B. C. 3, 73: “poenam,” Liv. 4, 50: “incrementa urbis,” Just. 18, 5, 7: “otium bello,” Curt. 6, 6, 12: “satietatem epularum ludis,” id. 6, 2, 5: “lex Julia non interpellat eam possessionem,” does not disturb, does not abrogate it, Dig. 23, 5, 16.—Pass.: “reperiebat T. Ampium conatum esse tollere pecunias ... sed interpellatum adventum Caesaris profugisse,” Caes. B. C. 3, 105: “haec tota res interpellata bello refrixerat,” Cic. Att. 1, 19, 4: “stupro interpellato motus,” Liv. 3, 57.—
(β).
With quin: Caesar numquam interpellavit, quin, quibus vellem, uterer, Matius ad Cic. Fam. 11, 28.—
(γ).
With quominus: “interpellent me, quo minus honoratus sim, dum ne interpellent, quo minus, etc.,” Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1.—
(δ).
With ne: tribunis interregem interpellantibus, ne senatusconsultum fieret, to interpose their veto, Liv. 4, 43.—（ε) With inf.: “pransus non avide, quantum interpellet inani Ventre diem durare,” Hor. S. 1, 6, 127.—（ζ) Absol.: fameque et siti interpellante, disturbing him, Suet. Ner. 48.
