English → Latin
“reconcile” in Latin
redūcōto lead, draw, bring or conduct back; bring or accompany home; to withdraw, cause to retreat, draw back, remove; to brinreconciliōto bring together again, reunite, reconcile; conciliate; bring back; to regain, recover, restore, reestablish, win backrestituōto replace, restore, reinstate, re-establish; to rebuild, revive; to restitute
The English word reconcile itself goes back to Latin concilium, through reconciliō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reconcile
PROP., anybody to anybody, animum alicujus in aliquem offensiorem recolligere: placare aliquem alicui or in aliquem; aliquem cum aliquo (or aliquem or alicujus animum alicui) reconciliare, or reducere, or restituere in gratiam: also, aliquem in alicujus gratiam reconciliare or restituere; aliquem in concordiam or gratiam alicujus redigere (comedy). To reconcile enemies, inimicos in gratiam reconciliare; componere gratiam inter amicos (comedy): to reconcile anybody to myself, reconciliare sibi aliquem or alicujus animum, or alicujus gratiam: to be reconciled to anybody, reconciliari alicui; in gratiam cum aliquo redire or reverti: to be sincerely reconciled to anybody, bona fide cum aliquo in gratiam redire.
Figuratively, To be reconciled to anything, *aliquid toleranter (aequo animo, sapienter) ferre didicisse. I cannot reconcile myself to do anything, a me impetrare nequeo, ut (faciam, etc.).
To bring one thing into agreement with another: to reconcile, *facere ut aliquid cum aliqua re conveniat: one thing cannot be reconciled with another, aliquid cum aliqua re non convenit (e.g., haec tua deliberatio non convenit cum oratione Largi).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reconcile?
- The usual Latin words for “reconcile” are redūcō, reconciliō, restituō. 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.