translatio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • trālātiō

Etymology

From the supine stem of trānsferō (to transfer, carry over) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tranˈslaː.ti.oː/, [trãːˈsɫaː.ti.oː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tranˈsla.t͡si.o/, [tranˈslaː.t͡si.o]

Noun

trānslātiō f (genitive trānslātiōnis); third declension

  1. Translation, in the broadest sense: the process of transferring or carrying something over from one thing to another; in particular:
    1. Translation of text from one language to another
    2. A transfer from a literal to a figurative meaning; a metaphor (compare the Ancient Greek μεταφορά with the same senses)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trānslātiō trānslātiōnēs
Genitive trānslātiōnis trānslātiōnum
Dative trānslātiōnī trānslātiōnibus
Accusative trānslātiōnem trānslātiōnēs
Ablative trānslātiōne trānslātiōnibus
Vocative trānslātiō trānslātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • translatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • translatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • translatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • translatio 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)
    • a metaphor: translatio
    • an allegory; continuous metaphor: continua translatio (Or. 27. 94)
  • translatio 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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