English → Latin
“mend” in Latin
sarciōto patch, botch, mend, repair, restore; to make amends, recompenseresarciōto patch or mend again; to repair or restorecōnficiōto prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse; to produce, cause, bring about, effect, secorrigōto 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 mend itself goes back to Latin mendum, through ēmendāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mend
TRANS.,
To repair, sarcire, resarcire (to mend what is torn): reconcinnare (to put PROP. together again, to repair): to mend a garment, vestem resarcire, reconcinnare.
To amend, correct, melius facere or conficere; corrigere; emendare. (The words are found in this connection and order.) corrigere et emendare; emendare et corrigere. [SYN. in AMEND.] INTRANS.,
To grow better in health, meliorem fieri; ex morbo convalescere; ex incommoda valetudine emergere; I am beginning to mend, meliuscule est mihi.
To improve (of fortune, etc.), esse in meliore loco.
To improve in morals or conduct, mores suos mutare; in viam redire; ad virtutem redire or revocari; ad bonam frugem se recipere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mend?
- The usual Latin words for “mend” are sarciō, resarciō, cōnficiō; also corrigō, ēmendō, 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.