English → Latin
“regulate” in Latin
ōrdinōto arrange, put in order, organize; to rule, govern; to ordain, appoint to officecōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, constructcompōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quvītalife; living, support, subsistence; a way of life
The English word regulate itself goes back to Latin rēgula, through regulatus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
regulate
To adjust, adapt, aliquid ad regulam exaequare: aliquid ad regulam or normam dirigere (e.g., vitam). To regulate one’s self by anything, se accommodare, fingers, or formare ad aliquid; by anybody, alicujus rationem habere (to regulate one’s movements or actions according to those of another person): ad alicujus voluntatem se conformare: ad alicujus arbitrium et nutum se fingere (to regulate one’s self by the will and fancies of others): to regulate one’s self entirely by the will, etc., totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicujus arbitrium et nutum; se totum ad alicujus nutum et voluntatem convertere: to regulate one’s conduct by anything, alicujus rei rationem habere: aliquid spectare (to take into consideration, to regard): alicui rei obsequi (to regulate one’s mode of acting according to anything): aliquid sequi (to take anything as a pattern or model): to regulate one’s self by the times, or by the circumstances of the times, tempori, or temporibus servire or inservire to regulate one’s self by time and circumstances, tempori et rebus servire: to regulate one thing by another, accommodare aliquid alicui rei or ad rem (e.g., sumtus peregrinationis ad mercedes; suum consilium ad consilium alterius): dirigere aliquid ad rem (to regulate, e.g., to regulate one’s mode of living by a certain law, vitam ad certam normam; one’s opinion by the will of another person, sententiam suam ad voluntatem alterius): to regulate one’s (mercantile) dealings according to the times, negotia cum tempore commetiri.
To arrange, ordinare: constituere: componere. Vid: ARRANGE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for regulate?
- The usual Latin words for “regulate” are ōrdinō, cōnstituō, compōnō; also vīta. 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.