English → Latin
“intermission” in Latin
intermissiōintermission, interruptionōmissiōomissioncessātiōrest, relaxation, respite; inactivity, idlenessintercapēdōinterruption; intermission; interval; pause; respiteinterpellōto interrupt by speaking, disrupt, disturb, interject; to hinder, obstruct, impede, disturb, molest; to annoy, importunedēcessiōdeparture, going away; retirement of a magistrate; decrease, diminution, abatement or disappearanceremissiōa sending back, release; a slackening, diminishing, abatement; relaxation, recreation
The English word intermission itself goes back to Latin inter, through intermissiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
intermission
intermissio (the giving up entirely for a time): omissio (the giving up entirely): cessatio (the resting; opposed to previous activity; often in a depreciating sense): intercapedo (interval during which anything is interrupted; interruption; e.g., intercapedinem scribendi facere, Cic.): interpellate (interruption of a speaker; hence interruption generally): Without any intermission, uno tenore, sine ulla intermissione: without any the least intermission, sine ulla minimi temporis intermissione (Cic.).
In fevers, intermissio (total; remissio, being partial): decessio (opposed to accessio, Cels.): dies integri (on which the patient is without fever). After the first two days there follows an intermission of two days, finita febre biduum integrum est (Cels.): to have one day’s intermission, unum diem praestare integrum: in this fever there is no intermission, but only an occasional remission, hoc genus [febrium] non ex toto in remissione desistit, sed tantum levius est: the intermissions are longer, febris longiore circuitu redit (Cels.). To have intermissions, (ex toto) intermittere (Cels.); certum circuitum habere et ex toto remitti (Cels.); dies integros praestare (Cels.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for intermission?
- The usual Latin words for “intermission” are intermissiō, ōmissiō, cessātiō; also intercapēdō, interpellō, dēcessiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.