English → Latin
“disparagement” in Latin
obtrectātiōdetraction; disparagementdēspiciōto look down upon; to disdain or despise; to look away, disregardcontemptiōcontempt, scorn, disdaincontemnōto scorn, despise, show contempt; to disparage, consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value; to disregarsprētĭoa despisingpartiōto share, part, apportion; divide, distributeimpārunequal; uneven; odd (numerically)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disparagement
obtrectatio (e.g., of another’s fame or qualities, alienae gloriae): despicientia: contemptio: contemptus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) contemptio et despicientia: spretio [SYN. in CONTEMPT]: ☞ elevatio (Quint.; is a sort of ironical depreciation): without any disparagement to your dignity, sine ulla imminutione dignitatis tuae (of an actual lessening of it).
Disgrace; Vid:
A match below the condition of one of the parties (French, mesalliance), nuptiae impares: to conclude such a match, impari or cum impari jungi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disparagement?
- The usual Latin words for “disparagement” are obtrectātiō, dēspiciō, contemptiō; also contemnō, sprētĭo, partiō. 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.