verb transitive

interpŏlo

2nd PP interpŏlāre · 3rd PP interpŏlāvi · 4th PP interpŏlātum · conj. 1st

interpolio; cf. Non. p. 34, 2 sq.

to give a new form; shape; appearance to

to give a new form, shape, or appearance to any thing; to polish, furbish, or dress up; to spoil, corrupt, falsify; to vary, change (class.; cf. interlino, vitio, transscribo).

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Lit.: togam praetextam, to dye anew, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12.—

by extension

will work me up anew; will bang me into another shape •

In gen.: illic homo me interpolabit, meumque os finget denuo, will work me up anew, i. e. will bang me into another shape, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 161: nova pictura interpolare vis opus lepidissimum, i. e. to paint the lily, id. Most. 1, 3, 105: tura, to prepare, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 39.—

to insert; interpolate; alter •

Esp. of the falsification of writings, to insert, interpolate, alter, falsify: semper aliquid demendo, mutando, interpolando, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr.: scripturas divinas, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 193: priorem textum, Amm. 15, 5, 12.

Perseus ID: n24400 Key: interpolo