English → Latin
“come back” in Latin
redeōto go, move, turn or come back; turn around, return, revert, reappear, recur; to home; to be brought or reduced to; arrirevertorto return; to turn back, turn aroundrecurrōto run or hasten back; to return, revert, recurrevolōto fly back
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
come back
redire (to be on the way back or home): reverti (to turn back): reducem esse (of a happy return from a distant country, captivity, etc.): recurrere (hastily): revolare (still stronger, to fly back): to order anybody to come back, aliquem revocare: aliquem repetere (urgently).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for come back?
- The usual Latin words for “come back” are redeō, revertor, recurrō; also revolō. 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.