interpret Copy link Outline 1. interprĕtor, 12. explĭco, explāno3. conjĭcio, jēci, ctum, 3 (esp. of dreams or oracles) • interpret: 1. interprĕtor, 1: to i. portents, monstra int., Cic. Div. 1, 6, 12: to i. the predictions of seers, vatum praedicta int., Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 30: esp. to put a certain interpretation or construction upon: Cic.: Tac. 2. explĭco, explāno: v. to explain. 3. conjĭcio, jēci, ctum, 3 (esp. of dreams or oracles): to i. a dream, somnium c., Pl. Curc. 2, 2, 3: he i.'d the oracle about kissing his mother so shrewdly, de matre suavianda ex oraculo tam acute conjecit, Cic. Br. 14, init. Phr.: i.ing in a different manner the oracle of Apollo, alio spectare ratus vocem Pythicam, Liv. 1, 56, fin.