Interpres, intérpreris, pe. co. om. g. Vir. An interpretour: an expounderta translater: a stickler betweene two at variaunce: a mediatour: a meane: a truchman: a southsaiet: a diuiner.Quo iste interprere, non ad linguam gtæcam, sed ad furta, & flagitia vci solebat.Cic.Whome he vsed as a meane not to vnderst and the greeke tongue, but, &c.Interpres pacis.Liu.A meane of peace and attonement.Lingua interpres. Hor. Milus interpres. Ouid.Interpres & nuneius.Cic.A mediatour or meane, and messēget betweene.Per amicos & interpretes agere aliquid. Ci. By friends and mediatoures to worke a thing. Interpres.Plaut.An expounder or declarer of things doubtful. Interpres curarum. Virg.Hominum diuú mque interpres.Virg.Interpretes portentorum, Galiotæ in Sicilia nominabantur Ci.Interpretoures of mo: strous things were in Sicilie named Galiotæ.Coniector quidam & interpres portentorum. Ci. A diuiner & expounder what monstrons things doe signifie: a southsayer.Interpres louis & satelles, aquila.Cic.Interpretes & internuntij louis, augures.Cicer.Southsaters be expounders and messengers of the wil and pleasure of Inpiter. Interpretes poetarum grammatici.Cic.Interpres iuus.Cic.An interpretonr of.Sanctissimus legum interpres. Ien. Quod eraut multa obscura, multa ambigua, explanationes adhibitæ sunt interpretum.Cic. Interpres.Cic.A translatour. Nec conuerti vt interpres sed vt orator. Cic.Intérpretor pe. cor. interpretâris, interpretâtus sum, interpretari Cic.To interpret: to expound: to declare: to trauslate: to ludge: to esteeme.In diuersum aliquid interpretari. Quin. To intepret a thing contrarp.Oblcurè dicta interpretari. Quin. Interpretari legem, & æquitate explicare.Cic.Interpretati authores.Cic.To expound authoures.Ardrachoem omnes ferè Græci portulacæ nomine interpretantur. Plin. Al the Græcians almost interprer ardrachne by the name of purslane.Verborum vim interpretari.Cic.To interpret the siguisication of wordes. Interpretari somnium. Cic.Interpretari ad voluntatem.Liu.Recte an perperã interpreter, fuerit ista eius dcliberatio qui bellum suscepit.Liu. Interpretari.Cic.To iudge or count.Sicvelim existimes, me de tna liberalitate ita interpretaturum: vt tuo summo beneficio me affectum iudicem. Ci. That I wil so iudge of your liberalitie, that, &c.Id senatusconsultum tu interpretabere pro tua sapientia. C. You shal interpret and iudge that decree of the Senate according to your owne wisedome.Interpetari grato animo.Cic.To interpret, take, and iudge in gond part.Virtutem ex consuetudine vitæ interpretemur.Cicer.Let vs iudge vertue by, &c.Interpretari in mitiorem partem.Cic.To take in the better part.Interpretatur numen suum violari. Plin. iu. He doth esteeme and count his diuine maiesty to be violated.Peruetsè interpretaris, Plau.Thou takest or bnderstandest it ill. Secus interpretari. Suet. To iudge or take things il.Quum ego huius verba interpretor, mihi cautio est, ne, &c, Plau.As farre as I can gathec b this mans wordes.Interpretari memoriæ alicuius. Plautus. To bring one in remembramce.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
inter-prĕs, ĕtis, com. [inter, and Sanscr. root prath-, to spread abroad; cf. platu/s, latus]. I.An agent between two parties, a broker, factor, negotiator (class.): quod te praesente isti egi, teque interprete,
through your agency
, Plaut. Curc. 3, 64: quasi ego ei rei sim interpres, id. Mil. 3, 1, 203: quasi ea res per me interpretem curetur, id. ib. 3, 3, 36; 4, 1, 6: interpretes corrumpendi judicii, Cic. Verr. 1, 12: pacis, Liv. 21, 12: divūm, the messenger of the gods, i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 356; 3, 359: harum curarum, i. e.
, id. ib. 2, 44: mentis est oratio, id. Leg. 1, 10; cf. lingua, Hor. A. P. 111: metus interpres semper in deteriora inclinatus, Liv. 27, 44: comitiorum, i. e. the Haruspices, who can tell whether or not the comitia are properly held, Cic. N. D. 2, 4: portentorum,
a soothsayer
, id. Div. 2, 28: nec converti, ut interpres, sed ut orator,
a translator
, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 14: indiserti, id. Fin. 3, 4: interpres veridica, Liv. 1, 7.—B. Esp., an interpreter, dragoman: quotidianis interpretibus remotis, per C. Valerium cum eo (Divitiaco) colloquitur, Caes. B. G. 1, 19: appellare aliquem per interpretem, Plin. 25, 2, 3, 6: audire aliquem cum interprete, Cic. Fin. 5, 29: litteraeque lectae per interpretem sunt, Liv. 27, 43 al.