English → Latin
“beautify” in Latin
excolōto tend or cultivate (figurative); to improve or perfect; to honoururbsa city, walled town; the City, Rome
The English word beautify itself goes back to Latin bellus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
beautify
excolere (e.g., the city, urbem): to beautify by words, aliquid verbis adornare, or oratione exornare: to beautify or bedeck, speciem addere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for beautify?
- The usual Latin words for “beautify” are excolō, urbs. 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.