LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

interpretātiō

interpretātiō f (genitive interpretātiōnis)
Classical[ɪn.tɛr.prɛˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[in.ter.preˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. explanation, exposition, interpretation
  2. a translation, version
  3. signification, meaning
  4. an explanation of one expression by another

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinterpretātiōinterpretātiōnēs
genitiveinterpretātiōnisinterpretātiōnum
dativeinterpretātiōnīinterpretātiōnibus
accusativeinterpretātiōneminterpretātiōnēs
ablativeinterpretātiōneinterpretātiōnibus
vocativeinterpretātiōinterpretātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

nominum interpretatio
etymology (not etymologia).
interpretatio, translatio (not versio or conversio)
the process of translation.

interprĕtātĭo, ōnis. f. id..
I. 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. —
B. Transf.
1. A translation, version: rhetoricen in Latinum transferentes oratoriam nominaverunt . . . et haec interpretatio dura est, Quint. 2, 14, 1.—
2. 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.—
II. Rhet. t. t., an explanation of one expression by another, Auct. Her. 4, 28, 38; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 98.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalaninterpretació
  • Frenchinterprétation
  • Englishinterpretationfrom French interprétation
  • Italianinterpretazione
  • Occitaninterpretacion
  • Portugueseinterpretação
  • Romanianinterpretație
  • Spanishinterpretación
  • Galicianinterpretación
  • Russianинтерпретация

In English words that came into English from interpretātiō

  • interpretationinterpretātiō

Quick answers

What does interpretātiō mean in Latin?
interpretātiō, a noun, means “explanation, exposition, interpretation; a translation, version; signification, meaning”.
What is the genitive of interpretātiō?
The genitive singular is interpretātiōnis. interpretātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce interpretātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛr.prɛˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.ter.preˈtat.t͡si.o].