English → Latin
“recommence” in Latin
integrōto renew, restore, make whole; to begin again, start from scratch; to recreate, refreshredintegrōto restore or renew, refresh or reviverenovōto renew, restore or revive; to retouch, change, alteriterōto do a second time, repeat, renewrepetōto attack again; to go back to; to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action; to recount, to recall, to recollectrenāscorto be revived, renewed; to be born againrecrūdēscōto break open again; to break out againnovōto make new, renew, refresh; to alter, changerebellōto renew war, to wage war again; to revolt
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
recommence
Transitively, integrare: redintegrare (to begin afresh): renovare (to renew): iterare (to do once more, to begin a second time): repetere (after an interruption, of long or short duration). To recommence hostilities, bellum novum de integro instaurare: bellum redintegrare or novare: rebellare: rebellionem facere (of a conquered people revolting).
Intransitively, renasci (to arise or break out again; e.g., a war, calamity): recrudescere (of pain, fighting, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for recommence?
- The usual Latin words for “recommence” are integrō, redintegrō, renovō; also iterō, repetō, renāscor. 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.