LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

interserō

interserō (present infinitive interserere, perfect active intersēvī, supine intersitum)
Classical[ɪnˈtɛr.sɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[inˈtɛr.se.ro]

Meaning

  1. to sow, plant in between
  2. to intersperse

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.interserōinterserēbaminterseramintersēvīintersēveramintersēverō
2nd sg.interserisinterserēbāsinterserēsintersēvistīintersēverāsintersēveris
3rd sg.interseritinterserēbatinterseretintersēvitintersēveratintersēverit
1st pl.interserimusinterserēbāmusinterserēmusintersēvimusintersēverāmusintersēverimus
2nd pl.interseritisinterserēbātisinterserētisintersēvistisintersēverātisintersēveritis
3rd pl.interseruntinterserēbantinterserentintersēvērunt
intersēvēre		intersēverantintersēverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.interseramintersereremintersēverimintersēvissem
2nd sg.interserāsintersererēsintersēverīsintersēvissēs
3rd sg.interseratintersereretintersēveritintersēvisset
1st pl.interserāmusintersererēmusintersēverīmusintersēvissēmus
2nd pl.interserātisintersererētisintersēverītisintersēvissētis
3rd pl.interserantintersererentintersēverintintersēvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.interserorinterserēbarinterserar
2nd sg.intersereris
interserere		interserēbāris
interserēbāre		interserēris
interserēre
3rd sg.interseriturinterserēbāturinterserētur
1st pl.interserimurinterserēbāmurinterserēmur
2nd pl.interseriminīinterserēbāminīinterserēminī
3rd pl.interserunturinterserēbanturinterserentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.interserarintersererer
2nd sg.interserāris
interserāre		intersererēris
intersererēre
3rd sg.interserāturintersererētur
1st pl.interserāmurintersererēmur
2nd pl.interserāminīintersererēminī
3rd pl.interseranturintersererentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.intersereinterserere
pres. 2nd pl.interseriteinterseriminī
fut. 2nd sg.interseritōinterseritor
fut. 3rd sg.interseritōinterseritor
fut. 2nd pl.interseritōte—
fut. 3rd pl.interseruntōinterseruntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveinterserereinterserī
perfect infinitiveintersēvisseintersitum esse
future infinitiveintersitūrum esseintersitum īrī
present participleinterserēns—
perfect participle—intersitus
future participleintersitūrusinterserendus
interserundus, interserenda, interserendā, interserendae, interserendam, interserendārum, interserendās, interserende, interserendīs, interserendōrum, interserendōs
gerundinterserendī, interserendō, interserendumsupineintersitum, intersitū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

causam interponere or interserere
to interpose, put forward an argument, a reason.

inter-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3, v. a. 1. sero,
I. to sow, plant, or set between: malleolum vitibus, Col. 3, 16, 1; 3, 9, 7: pomis intersita, Lucr. 5, 1377.—
II. With se or pass., to come between, lie between: si se vallis interserat, Pall. Aug. 11, 2: nullis ossibus spinisve intersitis, Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence, P. a., intersĭtus, a, um, put between, interposed: quatuor venti, Gell. 2, 22: area vacanti intersita, Gall. ap. Gell. 16, 5, 3; App. Mag. p. 301.
inter-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a. 2. sero,
I. to put or place between, to interpose, add: causam interserens, Nep. Milt. 4, 1: oscula mediis verbis, Ov. M. 10, 559.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininterserō

Latin inter- Latin sero Latin interserō From inter- + sero.

Quick answers

What does interserō mean in Latin?
interserō, a verb, means “to sow, plant in between; to intersperse”.
What are the principal parts of interserō?
interserō, interserere, intersēvī, intersitum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce interserō?
In classical Latin, [ɪnˈtɛr.sɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [inˈtɛr.se.ro].
Where does interserō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér → Proto-Italic *n̥ter → Latin interserō.