LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

renovō

renovō (present infinitive renovāre, perfect active renovāvī, supine renovātum)
Classical[ˈrɛ.nɔ.woː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.no.vo]

Meaning

  1. to renew, restore or revive
  2. to retouch, change, alter

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.renovōrenovābamrenovābōrenovāvīrenovāveramrenovāverō
renovārō
2nd sg.renovāsrenovābāsrenovābisrenovāvistī
renovāstī
renovāverās
renovārās
renovāveris
3rd sg.renovatrenovābatrenovābitrenovāvitrenovāverat
renovārat
renovāverit
renovārit
1st pl.renovāmusrenovābāmusrenovābimusrenovāvimusrenovāverāmusrenovāverimus
renovārimus
2nd pl.renovātisrenovābātisrenovābitisrenovāvistis
renovāstis
renovāverātis
renovārātis
renovāveritis
renovāritis
3rd pl.renovantrenovābantrenovābuntrenovāvērunt
renovāvēre, renovārunt
renovāverant
renovārant
renovāverint
renovārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.renovemrenovāremrenovāverim
renovārim
renovāvissem
renovāssem
2nd sg.renovēsrenovārēsrenovāverīsrenovāvissēs
renovāssēs
3rd sg.renovetrenovāretrenovāverit
renovārit
renovāvisset
renovāsset
1st pl.renovēmusrenovārēmusrenovāverīmus
renovārīmus
renovāvissēmus
renovāssēmus
2nd pl.renovētisrenovārētisrenovāverītis
renovārītis
renovāvissētis
renovāssētis
3rd pl.renoventrenovārentrenovāverint
renovārint
renovāvissent
renovāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.renovorrenovābarrenovābor
2nd sg.renovāris
renovāre
renovābāris
renovābāre
renovāberis
renovābere
3rd sg.renovāturrenovābāturrenovābitur
1st pl.renovāmurrenovābāmurrenovābimur
2nd pl.renovāminīrenovābāminīrenovābiminī
3rd pl.renovanturrenovābanturrenovābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.renoverrenovārer
2nd sg.renovēris
renovēre
renovārēris
renovārēre
3rd sg.renovēturrenovārētur
1st pl.renovēmurrenovārēmur
2nd pl.renovēminīrenovārēminī
3rd pl.renoventurrenovārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.renovārenovāre
pres. 2nd pl.renovāterenovāminī
fut. 2nd sg.renovātōrenovātor
fut. 3rd sg.renovātōrenovātor
fut. 2nd pl.renovātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.renovantōrenovantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverenovārerenovārī
perfect infinitiverenovāvisse
renovāsse
renovātum esse
future infinitiverenovātūrum esserenovātum īrī
present participlerenovāns—
perfect participle—renovātus
renovāta, renovātā, renovātae, renovātam, renovātārum, renovātās, renovātī, renovātōrum, renovātōs
future participlerenovātūrus
renovātūra, renovātūrā, renovātūrae, renovātūram, renovātūrārum, renovātūrās, renovātūre, renovātūrī, renovātūrīs, renovātūrō, renovātūrōrum, renovātūrōs, renovātūrum
renovandus
renovanda, renovandā, renovandae, renovandam, renovandārum, renovandās, renovande, renovandīs, renovandōrum, renovandōs
gerundrenovandī, renovandō, renovandumsupinerenovātum, renovātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

fenus renovatum
compound interest.
proelium renovare, redintegrare
to begin the fight again.
memoriam alicuius rei renovare, revocare (redintegrare)
to recall a thing to one's recollection.

rĕ-nŏvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to renew, restore (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: instauro, redintegro).
I. Lit.: marc fontes assidue renovant, Lucr. 2, 591; cf.: quibus (vaporibus) altae renovataeque stellae atque omnis aether refundunt eodem, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118: Lucifer renovatus undā Oceani, Sil. 7, 639: vides Virtutis templum a M. Marcello renovatum, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61: VIAS ET MILLIARIA, Inscr. Orell. 905: renovare veteres colonias, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 34: vitem, Col. 4, 27, 6: durum arvum, to renew by ploughing, Ov. M. 15, 125: agrum aratro, id. Tr. 5, 12, 23; id. F. 1, 159: meus renovatur campus aratris, id. Am. 1, 3, 9: multa jugera (tauri), Tib. 3, 3, 5; but also, to restore by not cultivating, to let lie fallow: agrum, Ov. M. 1, 110: sedeat praeterea cottidie ad rationes, tabulasque testamenti omnibus renovet, retouch, change, alter before everybody, Petr. 117, 10.—Poet.: (Ulixem) veteres arcus leto renovasse procorum, i. e. used again, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 35.— Absol.: non si Neptuni fluctu renovare operam des (sc.: purpureum colorem conchyli), to restore, Lucr. 6, 1076.— *
2. In partic., in business lang., to renew or redouble interest, i. e. to take interest on interest, take compound interest: Scaptius centesimis renovato in singulos annos faenore, contentus non fuit, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5; cf. renovatio, I. 2.—
II. Trop., to renew, restore: periculum sit, ne instauratas maximi belli reliquias ac renovatas audiamus, Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19: scelus renovare et instaurare, Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11: institutum, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68: vetus exemplum, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1; cf.: veterem iram, Tac. H. 4, 36: veterem animi curam molestiamque, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 1: nolo eam rem commemorando renovare, id. Quint. 21, 70: infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem, Verg. A. 2, 3: memoriam prope intermortuam, Cic. Mur. 7, 16: antiquarum cladium memoriam, Liv. 23, 41; 22, 61: bona praeterita gratā recordatione renovata, Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 57: haec studia, id. Div. 2, 2, 7; cf. id. Ac. 1, 3, 11: pristina bella, id. Rep. 6, 11, 11: bellum, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3: belli renovandi consilium capere, Caes. B. G. 3, 2; id. B. C. 3, 102; Sall. J. 36, 1; Liv. 2, 31; cf. proelium, Caes. B. G. 3, 20 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 5; Ov. M. 5, 156: casus omnes, Verg. A. 2, 750: vulnera, to tear open, Ov. Tr. 2, 209: rursus cursum, Caes. B. C. 3, 93: sacra rite, Liv. 5, 18: auspicia, id. 5, 31; 6, 5: societatem, Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 2; cf. foedus, Liv. 9, 43 fin.: amicitiam et societatem, id. 34, 31: dextras, Tac. A. 2, 58: luctus, Tib. 2, 6, 41; Ov. M. 14, 465: lacrimas, id. ib. 11, 472: renovata clades domūs, Juv. 10, 243: viam doloremque, Curt. 3, 12, 17: gaudia (with redintegrare), Plin. Pan. 61 fin.: annos Anchisae, i. e. to restore his youth, make him young again, Ov. M. 9, 424: senectutem, id. ib. 7, 215: florem aetatis ex morbo, Liv. 28, 35: annos renovaverat Titan, Tib. 4, 1, 113. —
B. In partic.
1. To repeat in words, say again, say repeatedly: hic renovabo illud, quod initio dixi, regnum comparari, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 24; cf.: ut renovetur, non redintegretur oratio, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 47: de lege, de foedere, etc.... renovabo ea quae dicta sunt, Cic. Balb. 7. — With ut: (consules) ipsis tribunis (plebis) ut sacrosancti viderentur, renovarunt, declared anew, repeated, that, Liv. 3, 55 Drak.—
2. To renew in strength; to refresh, recreate, recover, revive (syn.: recreare, reficere): quies renovavit corpora animosque ad omnia de integro patienda, Liv. 21, 21: animum auditoris ad ea quae restant, Cic. Inv. 2, 15, 49: animos equitum ad alicujus odium, id. de Or. 2, 48, 199: virtus, quae risum judicis movendo ... animum aliquando reficit et a satietate vel a fatigatione renovat, Quint. 6, 3, 1: refici atque renovari, id. 12, 6, 6: ars variandi renovat aures, id. 11, 3, 44: fatigata (facundia) renovatur, id. 10, 5, 14: et virium plus afferunt ad discendum renovati ac recentes, restored and fresh, id. 1, 3, 9: renovato modica quiete exercitu, Liv. 36, 14: se novis opibus copiisque, Cic. Mur. 15, 33: ipsi mihi locus optimi illius viri desiderium renovavit, Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrenovō

Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Indo-European *néweh₂ti Proto-Italic *nowāō Latin novō Latin renovō From re- + novō.

Descendants
  • Catalanrenovar
  • Englishrenovate
  • Frenchrénover
  • Germanrenovierenfrom French rénover
  • Italianrinnovare
  • Portugueserenovar
  • Romanianrenova
  • Spanishrenovar
  • Albanianarnoj
  • Galicianrenovar

In English words that came into English from renovō

  • renovaterenovātus
  • renovationrenovātiō

Quick answers

What does renovō mean in Latin?
renovō, a verb, means “to renew, restore or revive; to retouch, change, alter”.
What are the principal parts of renovō?
renovō, renovāre, renovāvī, renovātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce renovō?
In classical Latin, [ˈrɛ.nɔ.woː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.no.vo].
Where does renovō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin renovō.