interpretor

English

Noun

interpretor (plural interpretors)

1. Archaic form of interpreter.

Latin

Etymology

From interpres (“agent, translator”) +‎ -ārī (“to be ~ed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtɛr.prɛ.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈtɛr.pre.tor]

Verb

interpretor (present infinitive interpretārī, perfect active interpretātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to explain, expound
2. to interpret, translate
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate In Job praefatio:

     Hoc unum scio, non potuisse me interpretari, nisi quod ante intellexeram.

     I only know this one thing: I could not translate what I did not understand.

   • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae 7.5.1:

     Angeli Graece vocantur, Hebraice malachoth, Latine vero nuntii interpretantur, ab eo quod Domini voluntatem populis nuntiant.

     Angels are called thus in Greek, and malakhoth in Hebrew, [literally] translated into Latin as "messengers" because they deliver God's will to the [world's] many peoples.

3. to understand, conclude

Conjugation

   Conjugation of interpretor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interpretor		interpretāris, interpretāre		interpretātur		interpretāmur		interpretāminī		interpretantur
	imperfect	interpretābar		interpretābāris, interpretābāre		interpretābātur		interpretābāmur		interpretābāminī		interpretābantur
	future	interpretābor		interpretāberis, interpretābere		interpretābitur		interpretābimur		interpretābiminī		interpretābuntur
	perfect	interpretātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interpretātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interpretātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interpreter		interpretēris, interpretēre		interpretētur		interpretēmur		interpretēminī		interpretentur
	imperfect	interpretārer		interpretārēris, interpretārēre		interpretārētur		interpretārēmur		interpretārēminī		interpretārentur
	perfect	interpretātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interpretātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		interpretāre		—		—		interpretāminī		—
	future	—		interpretātor		interpretātor		—		—		interpretantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		interpretārī			—			interpretāns			—
future		interpretātūrum esse			—			interpretātūrus			interpretandus
perfect		interpretātum esse			—			interpretātus			—
future perfect		interpretātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		interpretātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		interpretandī		interpretandō		interpretandum		interpretandō		interpretātum		interpretātū

Derived terms

• interpretābilis
• interprex

Descendants

• Asturian: interpretar
• Catalan: interpretar
• Galician: interpretar
• Italian: interpretare
• Old French: enterpreter
  • French: interpréter
    • → Dutch: interpreteren
    • → German: interpretieren
  • → Middle English: interpreten
    • English: interpret
• Portuguese: interpretar
• Romanian: interpreta
• Spanish: interpretar
• → Albanian: interpretoj
• → Russian: интерпретировать (interpretirovatʹ)

References

• “interpretor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interpretor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “interpretor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to explain a dream: somnium interpretari
    
  • to render something into Latin: aliquid (graeca) latine reddere or sermone latino interpretari
    
• interpretor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French enterpreter.

Noun

interpretor n (plural interpretoare)

1. interpreter

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	interpretor	interpretorul		interpretoare	interpretoarele
genitive-dative	interpretor	interpretorului		interpretoare	interpretoarelor
vocative	interpretorule			interpretoarelor