interjectĭo

I. a throwing or placing between, insertion.

I. In gen.: verborum, Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9.—

II. In partic.

A. In gram., an interjection, Quint. 1, 4, 19.—

B. In rhet., a parenthesis, an interruption of the principal idea by the insertion of another: interjectio qua et oratores et historici frequentes utuntur, ut medio sermone aliquem inserant sensum, Quint. 8, 2, 15.