English → Latin
“amend” in Latin
efficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, corrigōto correct (set right); to straighten; to make alterations or improvements in, amend, reformēmendōto free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure; to correct by punishment, chastise, atone or compensrevocōto recall (troops, etc.), to call back; to withdraw; to revive
The English word amend itself goes back to Latin ex, through ēmendō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
amend
Transitively, melius facere or efficere (to make better): corrigere (to correct or improve a whole that is defective, not right, etc.): emendare (to free anything from faults). (The words are found in this connection and order), corrigere et emendare; emendare et corrigere. To amend one’s ways, mores corrigere or emendare. Intransitively,
to grow better in health, meliorem fieri; ex morbo convalescere: ex incommoda valetudine emergere. I am beginning to amend, meliuscule est mihi.
To improve: of fortune, etc. “My fortune amends” (Sidonius), meae res sunt meliore loco.
With respect to morals, mores suos mutare; in viam redire: ad virtutem redire or revocari; ad bonam frugem se recipere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for amend?
- The usual Latin words for “amend” are efficiō, corrigō, ēmendō; also revocō. 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.