English → Latin
“revise” in Latin
percēnseōto count over, reckon up, enumerate, go through, go over; to survey, view; review, examine; to go or travel through or orecēnseōto count, enumerate, reckon or survey; to review, examine, survey or muster; to go over, revise or reviewcorrigōto correct (set right); to straighten; to make alterations or improvements in, amend, reformretractōto undertake again; to withdraw, refuse, decline; to retractrecognōscōto know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize; to look over, review, investigate, examine, inspect; certify, authe
The English word revise itself goes back to Latin videō, through revīsō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
revise
percensere: recensere (to sit in judgement on anything critically): corrigere (to correct it): retractare: recognoscere (to go through it again to remove what faults may remain). To revise and enlarge, crebris in locis inculcare et reficere (Cic.). All carefully revised and collated, omnia summa cura recognita et collata (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for revise?
- The usual Latin words for “revise” are percēnseō, recēnseō, corrigō; also retractō, recognōscō. 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.