English → Latin
“obloquy” in Latin
reprehēnsiōblame, reprimand, criticism; refutationvituperātiōa censuring; blaming; censure; blame; charge against; criticismculpātiōcensure, rebuke, reproach, blameobiūrgātiōchiding, reproving, reproof, rebuke, reprehensionobloquiuma contradictionreprehendōto hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch; to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore; to blamevituperōto censure; to scold, tell off, blame; to disparage, find fault with
The English word obloquy itself goes back to Latin loquor, through obloquium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
obloquy
reprehensio; vituperatio; culpatio; objurgatio (obloquium, Sidon.): exposed to obloquy, reprehendendus; vituperandus; reprehensione or vituperatione dignus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for obloquy?
- The usual Latin words for “obloquy” are reprehēnsiō, vituperātiō, culpātiō; also obiūrgātiō, obloquium, reprehendō. 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.