ἑρμηνεία

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ἑρμηνεύω)

   A interpretation, explanation, Pl.R.524b (pl.), Tht.209a, Epicur.Nat.28.1; esp. of thoughts by words, expression, Diog.Apoll.1,X.Mem.4.3.12; χρῆσθαι τῇ γλώσσῃ πρὸς ἑρμηνείαν Arist.PA660a35, cf. de An.420b19, Resp.476a19, Hermog. Inv.1.1, etc.; mediation, Pl.Epin.984e; style, D.H.Comp.1,al., Demetr.Eloc. 1, etc.; an expression, ἡ ἀκόλουθος ἑ. Sch.Pi.O.3.1 : also in pl., αἱ Πλατωνικαὶ ἑ. Plato's gifts of style, D.H.Pomp.1.2.    2 in Music, expression, Plu.2.1138a, 1144d.    3 translation, Aristeas 3, Ph.2.141; ἑ. τῶν Πωμαϊκῶν POxy.1201.12 (iii A.D.); ἑ. ἔχειν to mean when translated, Ph.1.232, Porph.Plot.17.