LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

intervallum

intervallum n (genitive intervallī)
Classical[ɪn.tɛrˈwal.lũː]Ecclesiastical[in.terˈval.lum]

Meaning

  1. neuterThe open space within the vallum of a camp or between palisades or ramparts.
  2. neuterinterval, distance
    Brittania Oceani insula, cui quondam Albion nomen fuit, inter septentrionem et occidentem locata est, Germaniae, Galliae, Hispaniae, maximis Europae partibus, multo intervallo adversa.Britain, an island in the ocean, formerly called Albion, is situated between the north and west, facing, though at a considerable distance, the coasts of Germany, France, and Spain, which form the greatest part of Europe.c. 731 CE, Beda Presbyter, Historia ecclesiastica 1.1
  3. neuterinterval of time, pause, intermission
  4. neuterdifference
  5. neuterinterval

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

spatium inter duās rēs
interval, gap
intervāllum -ī (n) — in De Bello Gallico I, ch. 19

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeintervallumintervalla
genitiveintervallīintervallōrum
dativeintervallōintervallīs
accusativeintervallumintervalla
ablativeintervallōintervallīs
vocativeintervallumintervalla

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

satis longo intervallo
after a fairly long interval.
paribus intervallis distare
to be equidistant.
longo spatio, intervallo interiecto
at a great distance.
intervallo locorum et temporum disiunctum esse
to be separated by an immense interval of space and time.

inter-vallum, i, n., prop.,
I. the open space within the mound or breastwork of a camp, the space between two palisades.
I. Lit.: opus, pedum sexaginta, quod est inter vallum et legiones ... a quibusdam intervallum cognominatum, Hyg. de Munit. Cast. 6: intervalla sunt spatia inter capita vallorum, Isid. 15, 9, 2.—
B. In gen., space between, interval, distance: trabes directae, paribus intervallis in solo collocantur. Ea autem intervalla grandibus saxis effarciuntur, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: pari intervallo, at an equal distance, id. ib. 1, 43: respiciens videt magnis intervallis sequentes, Liv. 1, 25: unius signi, Cic. N. D. 2, 20: digitorum, Suet. Dom. 19: sonorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18: locorum et temporum, id. Fam. 1, 7: ex intervallo, from a distance, Liv. 48, 44, 8: proximus longo intervallo insequi, Verg. A. 5, 320: juvenes modicis intervallis disponere, Suet. Aug. 49: quinque milium intervallo, Liv. 23, 29: mille passuum intervallo distantes, id. 33, 1 saep.—
II. Transf.
A. Interval of time, intermission, respite: annuum regni, an interregnum, Liv. 1, 17: sine intervallo loquacitas, i. e. incessant, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185: dolor si longus, levis, dat enim intervalla, relaxes sometimes, id. Fin. 2, 29, 94: litterarum, id. Fam. 7, 18: intervallum jam hos dies multos fuit, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 28: distinctio et aequalium et saepe variorum intervallorum numerum conficit, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186; cf. the context. —
B. A pause: flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est: distincta alios et interpuncta intervalla, morae, respirationesque delectant, Cic. Or. 16: trochaeus temporibus et intervallis est par iambo, id. ib. 57: ut te tanto intervallo viderem, after so long a time, id. Fam. 15, 14: vocem paululum attenuata crebris intervallis et divisionibus oportet uti, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24: tanto ex intervallo, Quint. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 3, 38: intervallo dicere, after a pause, Cic. Or. 66: ex intervallo, farther on, lower down (in the discourse), Gell. 15, 12, 4: sine intervallo cibum dare, without loss of time, Varr. R. R. 2, 1: dare quippiam alicui per intervalla, at intervals, i. e. from time to time, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 164 (al. intervalla dantur): per intervallum adventantes, Tac. A. 4, 73: scelerum, time for the perpetration of crimes, id. ib. 3.—
C. Difference, dissimilitude: videte, quantum intervallum sit interjectum inter majorum consilia, et istorum dementiam, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15.—
D. An interval in music, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146.
inter-vectus,. a, um, adj. veho, carried up, raised up (post-class.): arbores, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 3, 38.
inter-vello,. vulsi (rarely velli, v. infra), vulsum, 3, v. a., to pluck, pull, or pick out here and there, to lop, prune (post-Aug.).
I. In partic., to pluck out here and there, to thin.—Of wings: ne ego homo infelix fui qui non alas intervelli (sc. vocis), Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.—Of the beard: isti, qui aut vellunt barbam, aut intervellunt, Sen. Ep. 114, 20. — Of fruit and trees, to pluck here and there, to prune: poma intervelli melius est, ut quae relicta sint, grandescant, Plin. 17, 27, 47, § 260: arbores, Col. 5, 10: semina, id. 4, 33, 3. —
II. In gen., to tear out, take away: num aliquid ex illis intervelli, atque ex tempore dicendis inseri possit, Quint. 12, 9, 17: quae ita sunt natura copulata, ut mutari aut intervelli sine confusione non possint, id. 10, 7, 5.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *walso- Latin vallum Latin intervallum From inter (“between”) + vallum (“a rampart”).

Descendants
  • Catalaninterval
  • Frenchintervallefrom Old French intervalle
  • Englishintervalfrom Old French intervalle
  • GermanIntervall
  • Italianintervallo
  • Portugueseintervalo
  • Spanishintervalo
  • Galicianintervalo
  • Russianинтервал
  • Sicilianntirvaḍḍu

In English words that came into English from intervallum

  • intervalintervallum
  • intervallumintervallum

Quick answers

What does intervallum mean in Latin?
intervallum, a noun, means “The open space within the vallum of a camp or between palisades or ramparts.; interval, distance; interval of time, pause, intermission”.
What is the genitive of intervallum?
The genitive singular is intervallī. intervallum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce intervallum?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛrˈwal.lũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.terˈval.lum].
Where does intervallum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér → Proto-Italic *n̥ter → Latin intervallum.