English → Latin
“criminally” in Latin
scelestuswicked, villainous, criminal, abominable; calamitous, unfortunatescelerōto defile, contaminate, pollutenefāriusnefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsomeimpiusdisloyal, undutiful; godless, impious, unpatriotic; damned, accursedprotervusviolent, vehement; reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent; audaciousturpisugly, unsightly; foul, filthy; cacophonous, disagreeable; base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgracefuflāgitiōsusshameful, disgraceful, scandalous; profligate, dissolute
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
criminally
Wickedly, sceleste; scelerate; nefarie; impie; proterve; turpiter; flagitiose. [SYN. in CRIME.] (The words are found in this connection and order), impie nefarieque. [Vid: WICKEDLY.]
With reference to criminal law, capitaliter: to prosecute criminally, litem capitis in aliquem inferre: to proceed criminally in any matter, causam ad capitis judicium revocare: against anybody, aliquem capitis accusare (the punishment being death, banishment, or the mines): aliquem in jus vocare: alicujus nomen deferre (according to the Roman forms of criminal proceedings): publico judicio quempiam arcessere [after Cic. Flacc., 6): vocare aliquem in publicum judicium (after Cic., Balb., 28). ☞ “Criminaliter” only in later forensic Latinity (Ulp., Dig., 47, 2, extr.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for criminally?
- The usual Latin words for “criminally” are scelestus, scelerō, nefārius; also impius, protervus, turpis. 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.