interpres

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈter.pres/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛrprɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈter.pres/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛrpres]

Noun

interpres m or f (genitive interpretis); third declension

1. An agent between two parties; broker, negotiator, factor.
2. A translator, interpreter, expounder, expositor, explainer; dragoman.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	interpres	interpretēs
Genitive	interpretis	interpretum
Dative	interpretī	interpretibus
Accusative	interpretem	interpretēs
Ablative	interprete	interpretibus
Vocative	interpres	interpretēs

Synonyms

• (broker, factor): cōciō
• (interpreter, translator): commentātor, interpretātor, trānslātor, interprex

Derived terms

• interpretor

Related terms

• interpretābilis
• interpretāmentum
• interpretātiō
• interpretātiuncula

• interpretātor
• interpretātōrius
• interpretātus

Descendants

• French: interprète
• German: Interpret
• Italian: interprete
• Spanish: intérprete

References

• “interpres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interpres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• interpres 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)
• interpres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an interpreter of dreams: somniorum interpres, coniector
    
  • the translator: interpres
    
• “interpres”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• interpres in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “interpres”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin