I. 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.—
II. 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.—
B. 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.
