Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative interpretātiō interpretātiōnēs
Genitive interpretātiōnis interpretātiōnum
Dative interpretātiōnī interpretātiōnibus
Accusative interpretātiōnem interpretātiōnēs
Ablative interpretātiōne interpretātiōnibus
Vocative interpretātiō interpretātiōnēs

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References edit

  • 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