English → Latin
“interpretation” in Latin
interpretātiōexplanation, exposition, interpretation; a translation, version; signification, meaningexplānātiōexplanation, interpretation; exposition; articulation, pronunciationēnārrātiōa detailed exposition or interpretation; a teacher's explanation or interpretation of a text, which he would deliver to explicātiōThe act of unfolding or unrolling.; An explanation, explication, exposition.interpretorto explain, expound; to interpret, translate; to understand, conclude
The English word interpretation itself goes back to Latin interpres, through interpretātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
interpretation
interpretatio (PROP.): explanatio (e.g., of a dream, oracle, etc., Cic.).
Exposition, interpretatio: enarratio: explanatio: explicatio. ☞ enarratio must be by word of mouth. To put a favorable interpretation on anything, aliquid in meliorem partem accipere or interpretari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for interpretation?
- The usual Latin words for “interpretation” are interpretātiō, explānātiō, ēnārrātiō; also explicātiō, interpretor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.