English → Latin
“condemnation” in Latin
damnātiōcondemnation; damnationcondemnātiōcondemnation; verdictreprehēnsiōblame, reprimand, criticism; refutationvituperātiōa censuring; blaming; censure; blame; charge against; criticismvituperiumcensure, blamecaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; h
The English word condemnation itself goes back to Latin damnō, through condemnatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
condemnation
damnatio; condemnatio (post-Augustan): sentence of condamnation, damnatorium judicium: *sententia, qua aliquis capitis condemnatur (of death): to pronounce sentence of condamnation on anybody (i. e., of condamnation to death), capitis or capite damnare aliquem; capitis condemnare aliquem; supplicium constituere in aliquem.
Blame, censure, reprehensio (the censure which tends to correct a committed fault, or to exhort for the future: opposed to probatio): vituperatio (the censure which tends to extort a confession and produce repentance; opposed to laus): OBSERVE, vituperium is spurious Latin, introduced (Cic., de Legg., 3, 10, 23) by ignorant copyists.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for condemnation?
- The usual Latin words for “condemnation” are damnātiō, condemnātiō, reprehēnsiō; also vituperātiō, vituperium, caput. 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.