translatio

trānslātiō (trāl-) ōnis, f

trans+TAL-, a carrying across, removal, transporting, transferring : pecuniarum a iustis dominis ad alienos.— Fig., a transferring, shifting, diversion : criminis: actio translationis indigere videtur.—In rhet., a transfer of meaning, metaphor : translationes audaciores.