interpretor

English

Noun

interpretor (plural interpretors)

1. Archaic form of interpreter.

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Latin

Etymology

From interpres (“translator, agent”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈter.pre.tor/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛrprɛt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈter.pre.tor/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛrpret̪or]

Verb

interpretor (present infinitive interpretārī, perfect active interpretātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. I explain, expound
2. I interpret, translate
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate In Job praefatio:

     Hoc unum scio, non potuisse me interpretari, nisi quod ante intellexeram.

     I only know this one thing: I could not translate what I did not understand.

   • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae 7.5.1:

     Angeli Graece vocantur, Hebraice malachoth, Latine vero nuntii interpretantur, ab eo quod Domini voluntatem populis nuntiant.

     Angels are called thus in Greek, and malakhoth in Hebrew, [literally] translated into Latin as "messengers" because they deliver God's will to the [world's] many peoples.

3. I understand, conclude

Conjugation

Conjugation of interpretor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interpretor	interpretāris, interpretāre	interpretātur	interpretāmur	interpretāminī	interpretantur
	imperfect	interpretābar	interpretābāris, interpretābāre	interpretābātur	interpretābāmur	interpretābāminī	interpretābantur
	future	interpretābor	interpretāberis, interpretābere	interpretābitur	interpretābimur	interpretābiminī	interpretābuntur
	perfect	interpretātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interpretātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interpretātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interpreter	interpretēris, interpretēre	interpretētur	interpretēmur	interpretēminī	interpretentur
	imperfect	interpretārer	interpretārēris, interpretārēre	interpretārētur	interpretārēmur	interpretārēminī	interpretārentur
	perfect	interpretātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interpretātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	interpretāre	—	—	interpretāminī	—
	future	—	interpretātor	interpretātor	—	—	interpretantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		interpretārī	interpretātum esse	interpretātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		interpretāns	interpretātus	interpretātūrus	—	—	interpretandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		interpretandī	interpretandō	interpretandum	interpretandō	interpretātum	interpretātū

Derived terms

• interpretābilis
• interprex

Descendants

• Catalan: interpretar
• Galician: interpretar
• Italian: interpretare
• Old French: enterpreter
  • French: interpréter
    • → Dutch: interpreteren
    • → German: interpretieren
  • → Middle English: interpreten
    • English: interpret
• Portuguese: interpretar
• Spanish: interpretar
• → Albanian: interpretoj
• → Russian: интерпретировать (interpretirovatʹ)

References

• “interpretor”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “interpretor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• interpretor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to explain a dream: somnium interpretari
    
  • to render something into Latin: aliquid (graeca) latine reddere or sermone latino interpretari
    
• interpretor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016