English → Latin
“reprehensible” in Latin
vituperābilisblameworthyvituperōto censure; to scold, tell off, blame; to disparage, find fault withreprehēnsiōblame, reprimand, criticism; refutationvituperātiōa censuring; blaming; censure; blame; charge against; criticism
The English word reprehensible itself goes back to Latin prehendō, through reprehensibilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reprehensible
reprebendendus: vituperabilis: vituperandus: reprehensione or vituperatione dignus (blameworthy. SYN., of reprehensione and vituperatione, under To BLAME). Not to be reprehensible, a reprehensione abesse (not blamable): nihil in se habere, quod reprehendi possit (to be without fault).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reprehensible?
- The usual Latin words for “reprehensible” are vituperābilis, vituperō, reprehēnsiō; also vituperātiō. 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.