What is the Latin word for peccable?

The usual Latin words for “peccable” are culpa, dēlinquō, obnoxius; also peccō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“peccable” in Latin

culpafault, defect, weakness, frailty, temptation; blame, guilt; crime, punishable act, mischief, sin dēlinquōto fail in one's duty; to be wanting, lacking; to commit a fault, do something wrong; transgress, offend, err obnoxiusobliged, indebted; subject to someone, under one's authority; susceptible to danger, misfortune, or weakness, vulnerable peccōto sin, transgress, commit a wrongdoing; to mess up

The English word peccable itself goes back to Latin peccō, through peccābilis.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

peccable

*culpae, delictis, obnoxius; *pravis cupiditatibus obnoxius. Rather by circumlocution with the verb peccare, etc.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for peccable?: The usual Latin words for “peccable” are culpa, dēlinquō, obnoxius; also peccō. 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.