translatio

Latin term · 7 occurrences · 4 works

Short definition (Lewis & Short): a carrying or removing from one place to another, a transporting, transferring.

Full entry: Lexicon.

7 occurrences of this form in 4 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).

Works using this form

De Oratore
Cicero · 4 occurrences
The Golden Ass
Apuleius · 1 occurrences
De Officiis
Cicero · 1 occurrences
Letters to Lucilius
Seneca · 1 occurrences

Example passages

……Nam ut vestis frigoris depellendi causa reperta primo, post adhiberi coepta est ad ornatum etiam corporis et dignitatem, sic verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis. Nam gemmare vitis, luxuriem esse in herbis, laetas segetes etiam rustici dicunt. Quod enim declarari vix verbo proprio potest, id translato……

Cicero — De Oratore · Read in context

…Haec honorum caelestium ad puellae mortalis: cultum immodica translatio verae Veneris vehementer incendit animos, et impatiens indignationis capite quassanti fremens altius, sic secum disserit:…

Apuleius — The Golden Ass · Read in context

……contrarium. Videndum est igitur, ut ea liberalitate utamur, quae prosit amicis, noceat nemini. Quare L. Sullae, C. Caesaris pecuniarum translatio a iustis dominis ad alienos non debet liberalis videri; nihil est enim liberale, quod non idem iustum.…

Cicero — De Officiis · Read in context

Subjects

Translation & transmission

Related terms in Greek (same subject)

μετάφρασις (metaphrasis) — Translation & transmission

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