Latin

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.

Derived terms

• interpretātiō germānica
• interpretātiō graeca
• interpretātiō rōmāna
• interpretātiuncula

Related terms

Descendants

• English: interpretation
• Russian: интерпретация ‎(interpretacija)

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “interpretatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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