Latin

Noun

interpres m, f ‎(genitive interpretis); third declension

1. An agent between two parties; broker, negotiator, factor.
2. A translator, interpreter, expounder, expositor, explainer; dragoman.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (broker, factor): cōciō
• (interpreter, translator): commentātor, interpretātor, trānslātor

Derived terms

• interpretor

Related terms

Descendants

• French: interprète
• German: Interpret
• Spanish: intérprete

References

• interpres in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interpres in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INTERPRES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “interpres”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an interpreter of dreams: somniorum interpres, coniector
    
  • the translator: interpres
    
• interpres in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• interpres in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• interpres in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin