interpres

interpres , etis, c.: an agent between parties; a mediator, messenger, 4.355; author, 4.608; prophet, 3.359.

inter-prĕs, ĕtis, com. [inter, and Sanscr. root prath-, to spread abroad; cf. πλατύς, latus].

• An agent between two parties, a broker, factor, negotiator (class.): quod te praesente isti egi, teque interprete, through your agency, Plaut. Curc. 3, 64 (434): quasi ego ei rei sim interpres, id. Mil. 3, 1, 203 (798): quasi ea res per me interpretem curetur, id. ib. 3, 3, 36 (910); 4, 1, 6 (952): interpretes corrumpendi judicii, Cic. Verr. 1, 12: pacis, Liv. 21, 12: divūm, the messenger of the gods, i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 356; 3, 359: harum curarum, i. e. Juno, the goddess of marriage, id. ib. 608.—
• II An explainer, expounder, translator, interpreter (syn. internuntius): juris, Cic. Top. 1: legum, Juv. 4, 79; 6, 544: grammatici interpretes poëtarum, Cic. Div. 1, 18: caeli, an astronomer, id. ib. 2, 44: mentis est oratio, id. Leg. 1, 10; cf. lingua, Hor. A. P. 111: metus interpres semper in deteriora inclinatus, Liv. 27, 44: comitiorum, i. e. the Haruspices, who can tell whether or not the comitia are properly held, Cic. N. D. 2, 4: portentorum, a soothsayer, id. Div. 2, 28: nec converti, ut interpres, sed ut orator, a translator, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 14: indiserti, id. Fin. 3, 4: interpres veridica, Liv. 1, 7.—
• • B Esp., an interpreter, dragoman: quotidianis interpretibus remotis, per C. Valerium cum eo (Divitiaco) colloquitur, Caes. B. G. 1, 19: appellare aliquem per interpretem, Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6: audire aliquem cum interprete, Cic. Fin. 5, 29: litteraeque lectae per interpretem sunt, Liv. 27, 43 al.

inter-pres, pretis, c. (über die Etymol. s. Walde² S. 390), I) die Mittelsperson, der Vermittler, Unterhändler, eius rei, Plaut.: pacis, Liv., pacis et concordiae, Cic.: iudicii corrumpendi, Cic.: interpres divûm, Bote der Götter (deorum nuntius b. Hor.), v. Merkur, Verg.: interpres harum curarum (i.e. amoris), Stifterin, v. Juno (weil sie Ehestifterin ist), Verg.: quasi ea res per me interpretem et tuam ancillam ei curetur, Plaut.: quae tibi condicio nova, luculenta fertur per me interpretem! Plaut.: quo ego interprete novissime ad (beim) Lepidum sum usus, Cic. – II) der Ausleger, Erklärer, A) im allg.: iuris, Cic.: poëtarum, Cic.: interpretes internuntiique Iovis, v. den Auguren, Cic.: divûm, Weissager, Verg., u. Weissagerin, Liv.: fatorum per genituras interpr., Nativitätsteller, Amm.: tamquam interpres et arbiter Sibyllae oraculorum, Gell.: Sibyllae (Genet.) oraculorum interpretes, Amm.: interpretes comitiorum, ob die Komitien gültig sind oder nicht (v. den Haruspices), Cic.: alqo uti interprete de alqa re, sich von jmd. über etwas nähere Auskunft geben lassen, Suet. – B) insbes., a) der Dolmetscher, Cic. u.a.: appellare od. alloqui alqm per interpretem, Cic. u. Liv.: loqui sine interprete, Cic. – dah. b) der Übersetzer (als Dolmetscher und Verdeutlicher des Sinnes), fidus, Hor.: nec converti (orationes) ut interpres, sed ut orator sententiis isdem, Cic.: nec tamen exprimi verbum e verbo necesse erit, ut interpretes indiserti solent, Cic.

interpres [CL] 1 a one who speaks for another, spokesman, intermediary; b (transf., of organ of speech). c one who conveys (message or sim.) to another. a frequenter ‥ per fidos ~etes et nota intersigna loquebantur adinvicem Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 535 (= Baldricus Hist. Jerus. 1102A); assignant ei [sc. muto] ~etem et ducem fratrem suum minorem Mir. Wulfst. II 11.  b fumositas ‥ rationis usum perturbat et linguam, rationis ~etem [Trevisa: þat tellith what resoun meneþ], ‥ contrahit Bart. Angl. IV 5.  c caritatis hujus mutue nuntios, ~etes et incentores J. Ford Serm. 79. 7. 2 (freq. w. obj. gen.) one who expounds or explains: a (Scripture); b (divine will or sim.; also transf., of the laurel as assoc. w. Apollo and prophecy); c (action or motive). a divinae legis ~es Aldh. VirgP 49 (v. desudare 3); c803 Cassiodorus, eximius ~es psalmorum Alcuin Ep. 307 p. 468; fidum ‥ ~etem H. Bos. Ep. 1. 1419B (v. dogmatistes); 1549 divinarum scripturarum ~es Conc. Scot. II 85.  b vir Dei, velut divini oraculi ~es, pandere quae ventura essent sibi coepit Felix Guthl. 49; vernat abies procera, cupressus / flebilis, interpres laurus, vaga pinus, oliva / concilians J. Exon. BT I 516.  c c1153 sinistri ~etes (Lit. Archiep.) HMC Rep. V 439a (cf. Doc. Theob. 37: †interpretres); nec aliquid malignitatis aut fraudis imponit [sc. puero], in partem bonam ~es optimus Map NC III 3 f. 40. 3 (w. obj. gen.) person who, or thing which, indicates or expresses: a (of writing) expression (of); b (of var. things) sign, token (of); c expresser (of). a dux Edesse urbis ‥ litteras necessitatis sue ~etes Baldewino misit W. Malm. GR IV 374 p. 435.  b tali ‥ gestu, interne voluntatis ~ete, magis accendit decumbentis animos W. Malm. GP I 48 p. 83; lacrimas ‥ amoris indices, pietatis ~etes Ib. I 55; erat vultus viri Dei fidus ~es hominis interioris J. Furness Walth. 47.  c nomen honoris habes, [Honori,] sed factis nomen honoras, / nominis interpres, de nomine facta coloras Nig. Poems 399; oculi ‥ dilecti, amoris illices ejusque ~etes J. Ford Serm. 16. 1. 4 interpreter, translator (of foreign language); b septuaginta ~etes, the ‘Septuagint’ translators of the Greek Old Testament. c (representing or in transl. of surname Latimer or sim.). [Hieronymus] qui fuit interpres ‥ / Ebrea Romanis vertens oracula verbis Aldh. VirgV 1623; ut evangelizante antistite, qui Anglorum linguam perfecte non noverat, ipse rex suis ducibus ‥ ~es verbi existeret caelestis Bede HE III 3 p. 132; Titus iste ~es apostoli erat, et horum lingua expressius loquebatur quam apostolus Lanfr. Comment. Paul. (II Cor. ii 13) 222A; rex ‥ quoniam perfecte Anglorum linguam eque ac propriam noverat, vigilantissimus in hoc concilio utriusque partis ~es extiterat Turgot Marg. 8; precor ‥ quatinus in operibus Aristotilis ‥ notulas faciatis, eo quod ~etem aliquatenus suspectum habeo J. Sal. Ep. 211 (201); ~es debet scire scienciam quam vult transferre et linguam a qua transfert et aliam in quam transfertur Bacon Tert. 33.  b septuaginta ~etes, quos evangelista Lucas secutus est Bede Pleg. 5; hoc testimonium et alia plurima ‥ a translatione veritatis Hebraicae ‥ ideo discordare videntur, quia aliquando auctoritates sunt a translatione septuaginta ~etum Lanfr. Comment. Paul. 109A; editio vulgata, que fuit septuaginta ~etum Bacon Min. 336.  c David ~es tenuit Pourtone DB I 83rb; Gillebertus qui cognominabatur Latemer, id est ~es Chr. Abingd. II 34.

interprĕs, (10) ĕtis, m. f. , ¶ 1 agent entre deux parties, intermédiaire, médiateur, négociateur : Pl. Curc. 434 ; Mil. 910 ; interpres corrumpendi judicii Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 36, agent de corruption des actions judiciaires, cf. Liv. 21, 12 ; Virg. En. 4, 356 ¶ 2 interprète, celui qui explique : juris Cic. Top. 4, interprète du droit, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 39 ; 1, 132 ; Rep. 3, 33 ; Inv. 2, 139 ; Fam. 9, 19 || traducteur, qui traduit une langue : Cic. Opt. 14 ; Fin. 3, 15 ; Hor. P. 133 || interprète, trucheman  : Cæs. G. 1, 19, 3 ; Cic. Fin. 5, 89 ; etc.

interpres , etis. m. f.
通事。傳話。註解。繙譯者。— pacis 講和之中人。— divum 傳神言者。神名。

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interpres etis, m and f

• PRAT-, a middleman, mediator, broker, factor, negotiator: interpretes corrumpendi iudici: pacis, L.: divūm, messenger(i. e. Mercury), V.: harum curarum Iuno, i. e. of the anxieties of love, V.—An explainer, expounder, translator, interpreter: iuris: caeli, astronomer: mentis oratio: interprete linguā, H.: metus interpres semper in deteriora inclinatus, L.: comitiorum, i. e. the Haruspices(who tell whether the comitia are properly held): portentorum, a soothsayer: nec converti, ut interpres, sed ut orator, translator: fidus, literal, H.: veridica deūm, L.—An interpreter, dragoman: fidi interpretes adhibentur, S.: isti nobis cum interprete audiendi sunt.

INTERPRES

INTERPRESan interpreter. This class of persons became very numerous and necessary to the Romans as their empire extended. Embassies from foreign nations to Rome, and from Rome to other states, were generally accompanied by interpreters to explain the objects of the embassy to the respective authorities (Cic. de Divin. 2.64, 131, de Finib. 5.29, 89; Plin. Nat.25.6Gell. 17.17, 2; Liv. 27.43). In large mercantile towns the interpreters, who formed a kind of agents through whom business was done, were sometimes very numerous, and Pliny (Plin. Nat.6.15) states that at Dioscurias in Colchis there were at one time no less than 130 persons who acted as interpreters to the Roman merchants, and through whom all the business was carried on.

All Roman praetors, proconsuls, and quaestors who were entrusted with the administration of a province, had to carry on all their official proceedings in the Latin language (Val. Max.); but as the provincials could not be expected to know this language, they had always among their servants [APPARITORES] one or more interpreters (hired in the province, not brought from Rome), who were generally Romans, but in most cases undoubtedly freedmen (Cic. pro Balb. 11, 28). These interpreters had not only to officiate at the conventus [CONVENTUS], but also explained to the Roman governor everything which the provincials might wish to be laid before him (Cic. in Verr. 3.3. 7, 84, ad Fam. 13.54; Caes. Bell. Gall. 1.19; compare Dirksen, Civil. Abhandl. 1. p. 16, &c.).

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Interpres

An interpreter; used by the foreign embassies at Rome; by Roman merchants in foreign cities; and by the Roman officials in the provinces. See Pliny, H. N. vi. 15; Val. Max. ii. 2. 2.