interpretatio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.ter.preˈtaː.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrprɛˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.preˈtat.t͡si.o/, [in̪t̪erpreˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

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.

Case	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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the process of translation: interpretatio, translatio (not versio or conversio)
    
  • etymology (not etymologia): nominum interpretatio
    
• interpretatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016