English → Latin
“renegade” in Latin
dēserōto leave, depart, desert, quit; to forsake, abandon, give up; to let downapostatōto forsake one's religion, apostatizedēsertora deserter, one who abandonsperfugadesertertrānsfugaa deserter
The English word renegade itself goes back to Latin negō, through renegātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
renegade
qui sacra patria deserit or deseruit: *rei Christianae desertor: apostata (ecclesiastical): desertor (a deserter; e.g., from the army, Cic.): perfuga: transfuga (perfuga, as a delinquent who betrays his party; transfuga, as a waverer, who changes and forsakes his party, Döderlein).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for renegade?
- The usual Latin words for “renegade” are dēserō, apostatō, dēsertor; also perfuga, trānsfuga. 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.