Latin

Alternative forms

• trālātiō

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.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “translatio”, 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)
    
  • 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