English → Latin
“adjust” in Latin
ōrdinōto arrange, put in order, organize; to rule, govern; to ordain, appoint to officeredigōto drive, lead, or bring back; to call in, collect, raise, receive; to reduce to a certain statedispōnōto dispose, distribute or arrangedīgerōto distribute, disseminate; to spread, branch out, disperse; to arrange, organize, classify; digestdispēnsōto dispense, distribute; to manage, regulate, controlcompōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, qucollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange; to put together, assemble; to settlecōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, constructdēscrībōto copy off or transcribe something from the original, write down, write out; to describe in painting or writing, draw, disciplīnateaching, instruction, education; training; learning, knowledge, discipline, science, study
The English word adjust itself goes back to Latin ad.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adjust
ordinare (general term to bring into order, regulate: disciplinam, Liv.; litem, Cic.; res publicas, Hor.): in ordinem adducere, redigere: disponere (to dispose, according to a plan, in various places): digerere, in ordinem digerere (to distribute, so that what belong together may be placed together, and each group be separated from the rest: jus civile in genera, Cic.): dispensare (to distribute proportionately): componere (to arrange, so that the whole may present a pleasing appearance): collocare, constituere (to fix): describere (to sketch, arrange by a written order, describere classes centuriasque ex censu (Liv.): explicare (unfold; to arrange a confused, entangled mass). To adjust hair, capillum componere; crines or capillos digerere; capillos disponere (Ov.); capillos comere; comam in gradus formare, frangere: the folds of a mantle, etc., collocare chlamydem ut apte pendeat (Ov., Met., 2, 733): componere pallium or pallam (for chlamydem, pallium, Vid: MANTLE). To adjust one’s affairs, rem familiarem constituere; res suas ordinare; res familiarescomponere: a plan of military operations, totius belli rationem describere: a merchant’s or tradesman’s affairs, alicujus negotia explicare: limits, boundaries, fines constituere, terminare. To adjust disputes, controversias componere (Caes.).
Adapt one thing to another, accommodare aliquid alicui rei or ad aliquid: facere or efficere ut aliquid congruat or conveniat cum re. Vid: ADAPT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adjust?
- The usual Latin words for “adjust” are ōrdinō, redigō, dispōnō; also dīgerō, dispēnsō, compōnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.