English → Latin
“atone” in Latin
plācōto appease; to placate, pacify, assuage, soothe, calm, quiet; to reconcileexpiōto make amends or atonement for a crime or a criminal; atone for, expiate, purge by sacrifice; repair, appease; to punismītigōto make soft, ripe, or tender; to mitigate, make mild, tame, pacifylēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifyredūcōto lead, draw, bring or conduct back; bring or accompany home; to withdraw, cause to retreat, draw back, remove; to brinpendōto weigh, weigh out; to pay; to consider, ponderdēpendeōto hang down, from or on; to wait for; to be dependent on or governed bysoleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit of
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
atone
agree, Vid:
Atone (=expiate, etc.) anything or for any thing, aliquid luere, expiare, poenas aticujus reidare, pendere, dependere, espendere, solvere: by death, with his life, luere morte, capite. Sometimes compensare aliquid cum aliqua re or aliqua re (to make a compensation or give an equivalent for it).
Reconcile, placare: expiare: mitigare or lenire [SYN. in APPEASE]: animum allicujus in aliquem offensiorem recolligere: placare aliquem alicui or in aliquem: aliquem cum aliquo reconciliare, or reducere, or restituere in gratiam: alicujus animum alicui reconciliare. To atone enemies, inimicos in gratiam reconciliare; componere gratiam inter inimicos (Comedy).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for atone?
- The usual Latin words for “atone” are plācō, expiō, mītigō; also lēniō, redūcō, pendō. 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.