render Copy link Outline I. To give back, give, grant, perform1. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to give back)2. trĭbuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to assign)II. To make, cause to be1. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 32. făcio, fēci, factum, 33. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 34. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (prop. to reduce, hence constr. usu. with ad5. freq. expr. by vbs. derived from adjs.; as, to r. fertile (= fertilise), laetĭfĭcoIII. To translate, verto, ti, sum, 3 • render: I. To give back, give, grant, perform: 1. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to give back): to r. an account, r. rationem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 38: v. return. 2. trĭbuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to assign): to r. every man his own, t. suum cuique, Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14: to r. services to any one, t. beneficia alicui, Nep. Att. 11, 6: to r. honour to, t. honorem, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73: v. pay, do. Phr.: to r. an account, rationes referre, Caes. B. C. 2, 20, ad fin.: to r. like for like, par pari (al. pro pari) referre, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55: to r. effectual assistance, operam studiumque navare, Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2: to r. a service to a friend, amico operam dare, Pl. Merc. 2, 2, 17: to r. a service to the state, praebere operum reipublicae, Liv. 5, 4, ad init.: to r. honour to any one, habere honorem alicui, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2: to r. due honour to a father, honorem debitum patri praestare, id. Phil. 9, 5, 12. II. To make, cause to be: 1. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to r. the roads dangerous for him, r. itinera infesta, Caes. B. C. 3, 79: avarice r.s them blind, ipsos caecos reddit cupiditas, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101: he r.'d the language of oratory soft and refined, orationem mollem teneramque reddidit, id. Brut. 9, 38. 2. făcio, fēci, factum, 3: to r. the taxes inferior, vectigalia deteriora f., Caes. B. G. 1, 36: to r. anybody's mind doubtful, f. alicujus animum dubium, Cic. Manil. 10, 27: v. make. 3. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: the Euphrates r.s Mesopotamia fertile, Mesopotamiam fertilem efficit Euphrates, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130. 4. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (prop. to reduce, hence constr. usu. with ad: in Caes. it is a syn. of reddere): to r. easy instead of very difficult, facilia ex difficillimis r., Caes. B. G. 2, 27: to r. anything previously doubtful sure, r. aliquid ante dubium ad certum, Liv. 44, 15: to r. a victory fruitless, r. victoriam ad vanum et irritum, id. 26, 37. 5. freq. expr. by vbs. derived from adjs.; as, to r. fertile (= fertilise), laetĭfĭco: to r. strong (= strengthen), confirmo: to r. weak (= weaken), dēbĭlĭto, etc. III. To translate, verto, ti, sum, 3: v. translate.