English → Latin
“condemn” in Latin
damnōto discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject; to bind, oblige; to sentence someone to a punishment, declare guilty, condimprobōto disapprove; to blame, condemn, rejectreprobōto disapprove; to reject; to condemncondemnōto condemn, convict, sentence. (+ genitive or + ablative of the crime, + ad + accusative of the punishment); to accuse, reprehendōto hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch; to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore; to blamevituperōto censure; to scold, tell off, blame; to disparage, find fault withcrīmena judicial decision, verdict, or judgment; an object of reproach, invective; a crime, fault, offense
The English word condemn itself goes back to Latin damnum, through condemnāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
condemn
damnare or condemnare aliquem or aliquid (with either genitive of the crime, if that is mentioned, with or without nomine or crimine, or with de and ablative: the punishment, however, is generally put in the genitive, seldom in the ablative, or with ad or in with accusative; Vid: Zumpt, §446): to condemn anybody to death, aliquem capite or capitis damnare or condemnare; aliquem poenae capitalis damnare; aliquem morti addicere: to condemn anybody to eight-fold damages, aliquem octupli damnare: to condemn anybody to hard labour, aliquem damnare ad or in opus publicum: to condemn to pay the costs, damnare in expensas: to condemn anybody without trial, or unheard, aliquem indicta causa, damnare or condemnare.
Censure, non probare: improbare: reprobare (express disapprobation: opposed to probare: approbare): damnare: condemnare (condemn: also opposed to approbare): dissuadere aliquid or de re (dissuade from a project one condemns): reprehendere; vituperare (opposed to probare: laudare: SYN. in BLAME). (the words are found in this connexion and order.) reprehendere et exagitare aliquid. To condemn anything in passionate, or no measured, terms, aliquid vehementer reprehendere; valde vituperare: to condemn anybody for anything, reprehendere aliquem de aliqua re, or in aliqua re; vituperare aliquem de aliqua re; objurgare aliquem de aliqua re, or in aliqua re, or aliqua re; accusare aliquem de aliqua re or in aliqua re: to be condemned, reprehendi; vituperari; in vituperationem venire or cadere or incidere or adduci; vituperationem subire: to be greatly condemned, in varias reprehensiones incurrere: to condemn one’s self, culpam or facinus in se admittere. Vid. BLAME, CENSURE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for condemn?
- The usual Latin words for “condemn” are damnō, improbō, reprobō; also condemnō, reprehendō, vituperō. 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.