interpretation Copy link Outline 1. interprĕtātio2. conjectio (only of dreams, etc.)3. interprĕtāmentum (the i. itself) • interpretation: 1. interprĕtātio: the i. of the law, i. juris, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; of prodigies and dreams, ostentorum et somniorum, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 203. (N.B.--Including both the act and the interpretation itself.) 2. conjectio (only of dreams, etc.): Cic. Div. 2, 63, fin.: in similar sense, conjectura, ib. 1, 36, init. 3. interprĕtāmentum (the i. itself): a somewhat obscure i., obscurius i., Gell. 6, 2, init.: Petr. Phr.: to put a bad i. upon anything, aliquid male interpretari, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77: v. construction (IV.).
INTERPRETATION Copy link • INTERPRETATIONinterpretatio (PROP.): explanatio (e.g., of a dream, oracle, etc., Cic.). Exposition, interpretatio: enarratio: explanatio: explicatio. ☞ enarratio must be by word of mouth. To put a favorable interpretation on anything, aliquid in meliorem partem accipere or interpretari.