Lewis Short
interprĕtātĭo (noun F) : ōnis. id..
* An explanation, exposition, interpretation (class.): juris,Cic. Off. 1, 10: facilis,Liv. 2, 8: fulgurum,Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 141: ostentorum et somniorum,id. 7, 56, 57, § 203; Suet. Caes. 14: exemplo adjuvare interpretationem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 273.
* Transf.
* Rhet. t. t., an explanation of one expression by another, Auct. Her. 4, 28, 38; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 98.
* Signification, meaning: foederis,Cic. Balb. 6, 14: nominis,Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124: in Graecum sermonem per interpretationem proprie transferri,Gai. Inst. 3, 92 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary