English → Latin
“chide” in Latin
vituperōto censure; to scold, tell off, blame; to disparage, find fault withreprehendōto hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch; to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore; to blameincrepōto rattle, twang or make a similar noise; to cause to give forth a sound, sound, resound; to rebuke, chide, protest, comincrepitōto call or cry out; to chide or reproachculpōto blameobiūrgōto chide, scold, rebuke, reprimand; to chastise, punish; to dissuade or deter one from any thing, by means of reproofconvīciorto revile, reproach or tauntexagitōto set in motion; to drive out or away; to stir up, shake up, disturbdēstringōto strip off; to scrape (with a strigil); to draw outcorripiōto seize or snatch up, catch, lay violent hands on, take hold of, grasp quickly; to hurry up, hasten, set up quickly; to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chide
vituperare: reprehendere: (verbis) increpare: increpitare: culpare [SYN. in BLAME]: objurgare (to reproach with a fault; opposed to laudare): conviciari (to make railing accusations): exagitare, destringere (to make sharp attacks on a man): corripere (to blame with harsh words): cavillari (to blame with irony): exprobare (alicui aliquid, to reproach a man with something as dishonorable to him). To chide anybody on account of anything, reprehendere aliquem de or in aliqua re; vituperare aliquem de aliqua re; objurgare aliquem de, or in aliqua re, or aliqua re only. To be chided, objurgari, vituperari; in vituperationem incidere, cadere, venire, or adduci; vituperationem subire. To chide in gentle terms, levi brachio objurgare aliquem (de aliqua re).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chide?
- The usual Latin words for “chide” are vituperō, reprehendō, increpō; also increpitō, culpō, obiūrgō. 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.