English → Latin
“intervention” in Latin
interpōnōto put, place or lay between or among; to insert, interpose or introduce (often in a bad way); to pledgeinteriaciōto interpose, intersperse, intervene, intermingleintercessiōintervention; veto; intercessioninterpellōto interrupt by speaking, disrupt, disturb, interject; to hinder, obstruct, impede, disturb, molest; to annoy, importune
The English word intervention itself goes back to Latin veniō, through interventiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
intervention
State of coming between, interpositus, -us. interjectus (both of things): (The words are found in this connection and order.) interpositus atque interjectus (of the intervention of the moon between the earth and the sun, Cic.).
Mediatory agency, beneficium alicujus: intercessio (for the purpose of prevention; post-Augustan, except astechnical term of the tribunician veto, etc.): interpellate (interruption). By the intervention of anybody, beneficio alicujus (if it was an act of kindness); per aliquem (if through anybody’s agency).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for intervention?
- The usual Latin words for “intervention” are interpōnō, interiaciō, intercessiō; also interpellō. 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.