English → Latin
“damnable” in Latin
damnōto discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject; to bind, oblige; to sentence someone to a punishment, declare guilty, condcondemnōto condemn, convict, sentence. (+ genitive or + ablative of the crime, + ad + accusative of the punishment); to accuse, scelerōto defile, contaminate, pollutescelestuswicked, villainous, criminal, abominable; calamitous, unfortunateimpiusdisloyal, undutiful; godless, impious, unpatriotic; damned, accursed
The English word damnable itself goes back to Latin damnābilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
damnable adj.
damnandus; condemnandus; sceleratus; scelestus; impius.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for damnable?
- The usual Latin words for “damnable” are damnō, condemnō, scelerō; also scelestus, impius. 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.