inter-prĕs (noun 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: quasi ego ei rei sim interpres,id. Mil. 3, 1, 203: quasi ea res per me interpretem curetur,id. ib. 3, 3, 36; 4, 1, 6: 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.
* 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.
* 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.

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