interprĕtātĭo

An explanation; exposition; interpretation ••

An explanation, exposition, interpretation (class.): juris, Cic. Off. 1, 10: facilis, Liv. 2, 8: fulgurum, Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 141: ostentorum et somniorum, id. 7, 56, 57, § 203; Suet. Caes. 14: exemplo adjuvare interpretationem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 273. —

by extension

A translation; version •

A translation, version: rhetoricen in Latinum transferentes oratoriam nominaverunt . . . et haec interpretatio dura est, Quint. 2, 14, 1.—

Signification; meaning •

Signification, meaning: foederis, Cic. Balb. 6, 14: nominis, Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124: in Graecum sermonem per interpretationem proprie transferri, Gai. Inst. 3, 92 fin.—

an explanation of one expression by another

Rhet. t. t., an explanation of one expression by another, Auct. Her. 4, 28, 38; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 98.

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