interpretatio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛr.prɛˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.ter.preˈtat.t͡si.o]

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	interpretātiō	interpretātiōnēs
genitive	interpretātiōnis	interpretātiōnum
dative	interpretātiōnī	interpretātiōnibus
accusative	interpretātiōnem	interpretātiōnēs
ablative	interpretātiōne	interpretātiōnibus
vocative	interpretātiō	interpretātiōnēs

Derived terms

• interpretātiō germānica
• interpretātiō graeca
• interpretātiō rōmāna
• interpretātiuncula

Related terms

• interpres
• interpretābilis
• interpretāmentum
• interpretātor
• interpretātōrius
• interpretātus
• interpretor

Descendants

• Catalan: interpretació
• → French: interprétation
  • → English: interpretation
• Galician: interpretación
• Italian: interpretazione
• Occitan: interpretacion
• Portuguese: interpretação
• Romanian: interpretație
• → Russian: интерпретация (interpretacija)
• Spanish: interpretación

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016