English → Latin
“reprehension” in Latin
reprehēnsiōblame, reprimand, criticism; refutationvituperātiōa censuring; blaming; censure; blame; charge against; criticismreprehendōto 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 reprehension itself goes back to Latin prehendō, through reprehensio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reprehension
reprehensio (the censure which tends to correct a committed fault, or to exhort for the future; opposed to probatio): vituperatio (the censure which tends to extort a confession and produce repentance; opposed to laus): ☞ vituperium is spurious Latin, introduced (Cic., De Legg., 3, 10, 23) by ignorant copyists. To visit anybody with reprehension on account of anything, reprehendere aliquem de aliqua re or in aliqua re: vituperare aliquem de aliqua re: objurgare aliquem de aliqua re, or in aliqua re, or aliqua re: accusare aliquem de aliqua re or in aliqua re: to be visited with reprehension, reprehendi: vituperari: in vituperationem venire, cadere, incidere, or adduci: vituperationem subire.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reprehension?
- The usual Latin words for “reprehension” are reprehēnsiō, vituperātiō, reprehendō; also vituperō. 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.