English → Latin
“reprimand” in Latin
reprehēnsiōblame, reprimand, criticism; refutationvituperātiōa censuring; blaming; censure; blame; charge against; criticismvituperōto censure; to scold, tell off, blame; to disparage, find fault withreprehendōto hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch; to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore; to blameincrepōto rattle, twang or make a similar noise; to cause to give forth a sound, sound, resound; to rebuke, chide, protest, comincrepitōto call or cry out; to chide or reproachculpōto blameobiūrgōto chide, scold, rebuke, reprimand; to chastise, punish; to dissuade or deter one from any thing, by means of reproofconvīciorto revile, reproach or tauntexagitōto set in motion; to drive out or away; to stir up, shake up, disturb
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reprimand s.
reprehensio: vituperatio. A gentle reprimand, lenis objurgatio.
reprimand v.
vituperare: reprehendere: (verbis) increpare: increpitare: culpare [SYN. in BLAME]: objurgare (to reproach with a fault; opposed to laudare): conviciari (to make railing accusations): exagitare, destringere (to make sharp attacks on anybody): corripere (to blame with harsh words): cavillari (to blame with irony): exprobrare (alicui aliquid, to reproach anybody with something as dishonorable to him). To reprimand anybody on account of anything, reprehendere aliquem de or in aliqua re: vituperare aliquem de aliqua re: objurgare aliquem de or in aliqua re, or aliqua re only: to be reprimanded, objurgari: vituperari: in vituperationem incidere, cadere, venire, or adduci: vituperationem subire: to reprimand in gentle terms, levi brachio objurgare aliquem (de aliqua re).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reprimand?
- The usual Latin words for “reprimand” are reprehēnsiō, vituperātiō, vituperō; also reprehendō, increpō, increpitō. 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.