interpretatio

Latin

Etymology

From interpretārī, interpretor (“to explain, interpret”) + -tiō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /in.ter.preˈtaː.ti.oː/, [ɪn.tɛr.prɛˈtaː.ti.oː]

Noun

interpretātiō f (genitive interpretātiōnis); third declension

  1. explanation, exposition, interpretation
  2. a translation, version
  3. signification, meaning
  4. an explanation of one expression by another

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative interpretātiō interpretātiōnēs
Genitive interpretātiōnis interpretātiōnum
Dative interpretātiōnī interpretātiōnibus
Accusative interpretātiōnem interpretātiōnēs
Ablative interpretātiōne interpretātiōnibus
Vocative interpretātiō interpretātiōnēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • interpretatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • interpretatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • interpretatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • interpretatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the process of translation: interpretatio, translatio (not versio or conversio)
    • etymology (not etymologia): nominum interpretatio
  • interpretatio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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