recludere
To unlock in Latin is recludere.
The verb means to undo or open a lock, or more broadly, to open up or uncover something.
Meaning: to undo or open a lock (verb)
Which one should you use?
In Medieval Latin, the verb reserare can also be used to mean 'to unlock'.
How does it change in a sentence?
The default form provided is the present active infinitive recludere. The third-person singular present indicative form is recludit, meaning 'he/she/it unlocks'.
Did you know?
- The English word 'close' and the Latin 'claudere' (the root of recludere) share the same linguistic DNA, meaning that 'unlocking' is effectively 'un-closing'.
- While recludere means to unlock or open, its opposite claudere was used in Roman medicine to describe the 'closing' or healing of a wound.
- In Roman law, the act of recludere was not just about keys but often referred to the legal opening of a testament or a sealed document to reveal its contents.
Examples in context
- Reserare scriniumUnlock the desk
- Reserare claustraUnlock the locks
- Portam recludere oportet.It is necessary to unlock the gate.
- Clavis est ad tabulam recludere.The key is to unlock the chest.
- Volo januam recludere.I want to unlock the door.
Example conversation
Lucia and Lucius are standing in front of a locked room.
- LuciaUbi est clavis ut hanc januam recludere possimus?Where is the key so that we can unlock this door?
- LuciusClavis in mensa est, Lucia.The key is on the table, Lucia.
- LuciaGratias, Luci. Nunc eam recludam.Thanks, Lucius. Now I will unlock it.
- LuciusOptime, intrare possumus.Great, we can enter.
