English → Latin
“remodel” in Latin
fingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangerecoquōto recook etc.commūtōto change or alter entirely; modify, correct, reform, transform; to decay, spoil, rot; to exchange something with anotheimmūtōto change, alter, transformnovōto make new, renew, refresh; to alter, changetrānsfigūrōto transform, transfigure or metamorphosetrānsfōrmōto transform (change in shape)rēspūblicaa republic, commonwealth; the state, nation; politics, civil affairs
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
remodel
totum denuo fingere (PROP., to begin to make it over again; after Plaut., Most., 1, 2, 36): fingere or formare in aliud (to make it into some other shape): recoquere (melt it down again; then figuratively = remodel, make new; Vid: Heindorf, Hor., Sat., 2, 5, 55: Quint., 12, 6, 7): commutare (to alter; e.g., rempublicam): immutare (to make a complete, change; give anything quite a new shape, aliquid de institutis priorum): novare (to make anything new, give it a new form: aliquid in legibus): transfigurare or transformare (in aliquem or aliquid): to remodel a work, etc., retractare (not denuo elaborare).
Remodelled, retractatior: crebris locis inculcatus et refectus (of a litterary work; both Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for remodel?
- The usual Latin words for “remodel” are fingō, recoquō, commūtō; also immūtō, novō, trānsfigūrō. 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.