inter-prĕs, ĕtis, com. [inter, and Sanscr. root prath-, to spread abroad; cf. πλατύς, latus].
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.