interpret

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verb transitive

P. and V. ἑρμηνεύειν.

interpret (dreams, etc.): P. and V. κρίνειν (Plato, Ion, 539D) Ar. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.

interpret an oracle: Ar. ἀναδιδάσκειν (Equites 153).

explain: P. and V. φαίνειν, συμβάλλειν, ἐξηγεῖσθαι, φράζειν, σημαίνειν (Plato), δηλοῦν, δεικνύναι, διειπεῖν (Plato). V. ἐκφράζειν, σαφηνίζειν (also Xen. but rare P.), Ar. and P. διηγεῖσθαι.

take in any particular sense: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν, ἐκλαμβάνειν; see construe.

who is there to interpret the will of the god? V. τίς προφητεύει θεοῦ; (Euripides, Ion, 413).

Translations

Arabic: فَسَّرَ‎, أَوَّلَ‎; Belarusian: інтэрпрэтаваць or; Bulgarian: тълкувам, обяснявам; Catalan: interpretar; Czech: vyložit; Dutch: interpreteren; Esperanto: interpreti; Finnish: tulkita, tulkita; German: interpretieren; Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽; Greek: ερμηνεύω; Ancient Greek: ἀναδιδάσκω, ἀνελίσσω, ἀφερμηνεύω, διακρίνω, διερμηνεύω, ἐξερμηνεύω, ἐξηγέομαι, ἐξηγοῦμαι, ἑρμανεύω, ἑρμηνεύω, ἐφερμηνεύω, μεταφράζω, ξυγκρίνω, συγκρίνω; Hebrew: דּוֹבֵב‎; Hungarian: értelmez, magyaráz, megfejt; Italian: interpretare; Japanese: 解説する; Korean: 해석하다; Latin: interpretor; Macedonian: протолкува; Maori: whakamāori; Polish: interpretować, zinterpretować; Portuguese: interpretar; Romanian: interpreta; Russian: объяснять, объяснить, толковать, истолковать, интерпретировать; Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mhìnich; Spanish: explicar, exponer, interpretar; Swedish: tolka; Thai: ตีความ; Ukrainian: тлумачити, витлумачувати, витлумачити, інтерпретувати or; Vietnamese: diễn giải; Yiddish: טײַטשן‎