translātĭo or trālātĭo, ōnis, f. [transfero], a carrying or removing from one place to another, a transporting, transferring.
I Lit.
A In gen.: pecuniarum translatio a justis dominis ad alienos, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43: domicilii, removal , Suet. Ner. 9. —
B In partic., of plants, a transplanting , ingrafting , Plin. 17, 11, 14, § 75; Col. 3, 10, 20; Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3.—
C A pouring out into another vessel, Col. 12, 52, 11. —
II Trop.
A In gen.: criminis, a transferring , shifling off , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91; cf. id. Inv. 1, 8, 10; 2, 19, 57; Quint. 3, 6, 23; 3, 6, 38 sq. —
B In partic.
1 Of speech or writing, a version , translation into another language, Quint. 1, 4, 18; Hier. Ep. 99, 1; Aug. Retract. 1, 7, 2; Greg. Mag. in Job, 12, 6.—
b A transfer to a figurative signification, a trope , metaphor : translationes audaciores, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 156 sq.: durior ... verecunda, id. ib. 3, 41, 165; id. Or. 25, 85; Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45; Quint. 8, 6, 4 sq. al.—
2 In gram., a transposition.
a Of letters, metathesis , Don. p. 1773 P.; Diom. p. 437 ib.—
b Of words: id verborum translatione emendatur, Quint. 7, 9, 9.