English → Latin
“disentangle” in Latin
explicōto unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy; to disentangle, solve, setexpediōto free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles; to loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, releasexsolvōto unloose, release, free; to unbind, untie, undo; to renounce, abandon, relinquish, leave behindrelaxōto stretch out or widen again; unloose, loosen, open; slacken; abate; to slacken, ease, alleviate, mitigate; cheer up, ecapillusa single hair; hair (plurally); a head of hair: locks, tressesfundōto pour out, shed; to melt, cast, found, make by smelting; to overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy, rout, scattenegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair; difficulty, pains, trouble, labor; matter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))nōdusa knot (in rope); a knot (in wood); a knobsoleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit of
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disentangle
Unravel, etc., what was entangled, explicare (PROP.; e.g., capillum, Varr.; fusos; and IMPROP.; e.g., negotia): expedire (IMPROP.; to set straight what was impeditus, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) explicare et expedire (e.g., anybody’s affairs, alicujus negotia): exsolvere (e.g., nexus, Lucr.; nexus legis, Tac.): relaxare (to loosen, make loose, what was coiled tightly; e.g., nodos, Lucr.).
To free from difficulties, business, etc. To disentangle anybody from anything, solvere, exsolvere, relaxare aliquem aliqua re; eximere, exuere aliquem aliqua re; expedire aliquem aliqua re [Vid: To FREE for SYN. and phrases, etc.). To disentangle a notion, (animi sui) complicatam notionem evolvere: to disentangle one’s self from anything, se exsolvere (e.g., corpore, of the soul, Verg.; e nervis, etc., Lucr.; se occupationibus, Cic.). Vid: To EXTRICATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disentangle?
- The usual Latin words for “disentangle” are explicō, expediō, exsolvō; also relaxō, capillus, fundō. 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.