English → Latin
“retouch” in Latin
ēmendōto free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure; to correct by punishment, chastise, atone or compensrefingōto make over (to make again, to construct anew)carmensong, tune; a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song; poem, poetry (strictly any poem or poetry that can be sōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingrenovōto renew, restore or revive; to retouch, change, alter
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
retouch
retractare aliquid (Cic., with the accessory notion of improving it): emendare (to amend): recudere (carmen, Muret.): refingere (orationem, Wolf.): in several places, crebris locis inculcare et reficere (Cic.). To retouch a picture, picturam jam evanescentem vetustate coloribus iisdem, quibus fuerat, renovare (to freshen an old painting): nova pictura interpolare opus (to put on fresh colors here and there).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for retouch?
- The usual Latin words for “retouch” are ēmendō, refingō, carmen; also ōrātiō, renovō. 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.