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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la interpres}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪn.tɛr.prɛˈtaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.ter.preˈtat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''interpretātiō''' ''f'' (genitive interpretātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[interpretor]] “to explain” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', which he dates 86/82 BC, and the OLD cites it for the use of synonyms.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant expounding, explaining, as Cicero's ''interpretātiō iūris'' and the interpretation of omens and lightning, and in Varro an exposition.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In rhetoric it meant explaining one word by another, using synonyms.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant a construction put on an act, an interpretation, and the meaning of a word.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny the Elder it meant a translation.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant interpretation, translation, and in canon law the meaning of a law.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of dreams and omens.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''interpretazione'', and Old French ''interpretacion'' gave [[en|interpretation]] in the mid-14th century, first “a translation”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of synonyms.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of interpreting law.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of translation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''interpretation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Explanation, exposition.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(rhetoric)'' The use of synonyms.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An [[m|en|interpretation]], construction.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Meaning.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A [[m|en|translation]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[interpretatiuncula]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[interpres]]
+ * [[interpretābilis]]
+ * [[interpretāmentum]]
+ * [[interpretātor]]
+ * [[interpretātōrius]]
+ * [[interpretātus]]
+ * [[interpretor]]
+ * [[en|interpretation]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}