English → Latin
“unscrew” in Latin
remittōto send back, to remit, to throw back, restore; to forgive, free one from any thing; to give up, reject, yield, resign, retorqueōto twist, turn, bend or cast back; avert, deflect; to retort, cast back
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unscrew
*cochleam (-as) retorquere or *remittere. To unscrew anything, *cochleis aliquid retorquere (after prelum... si non cochleis torquetur, Vitr., 6, 9).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unscrew?
- The usual Latin words for “unscrew” are remittō, retorqueō. 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.