English → Latin
“excusable” in Latin
vitiumflaw, defect, blemish, imperfection; vice; crime, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin, error, faultexcūsātiōexcuse
The English word excusable itself goes back to Latin causa, through excusabilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
excusable
venia dignus: quod excusationem or aliquid excusationis habet (e.g., vitium): cui ignosci potest, ignoscendum est, etc.: cui venia or venia et impunitas dari potest, etc. A fault that is not excusable, erratum cui - nulla venia proponitur (Cic.). To be excusable, excusationem or aliquid excusationis habere: to render anybody excusable, dare alicui justam excusationem (of things, Cic.): to be hardly excusable, non facile esse expurgatu (Tac.): ☞ excusabilis, poetical, Ov.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for excusable?
- The usual Latin words for “excusable” are vitium, excūsātiō. 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.