noun · femininethird declension
reprehēnsiō
reprehēnsiō f (genitive reprehēnsiōnis)
Meaning
- blame, reprimand, criticism
- refutation
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
culpātiōreprehēnsiō -ōnis (f) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 20
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Reprehendere · Vituperare
Reprehendere has in view the amendment of a fault, and warning for the future, like showing the right path, and μέμψις; vituperare (from vitii πεπαρεῖν) has in view the acknowledgment of a fault, better judgment, shame and repentance, like a rebuke, and ψόγος. Reprehensio is in opp. to probatio; for examples, see Cic. Or. 48, 159. Mur. 20, 142. Senec. Vit. B. 1; whereas vituperatio is in opp. to laudatio; for examples, see Cic. Fat. 5. Off. iii. 82. Quintil. iii. 7, 1. (ii. 259, iii. 323.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | reprehēnsiō | reprehēnsiōnēs |
| genitive | reprehēnsiōnis | reprehēnsiōnum |
| dative | reprehēnsiōnī | reprehēnsiōnibus |
| accusative | reprehēnsiōnem | reprehēnsiōnēs |
| ablative | reprehēnsiōne | reprehēnsiōnibus |
| vocative | reprehēnsiō | reprehēnsiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ansam habere reprehensionis
- to contain, afford matter for criticism.
- ansas dare ad reprehendum, reprehensionis
- to give occasion for blame; to challenge criticism.
- in vituperationem, reprehensionem cadere, incidere, venire
- to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed.
rĕprĕhensĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a holding back, trop. *
I. A checking, check, in speaking:
(orationem) concinnam ... festivam, sine intermissione, sine reprehensione, sine varietate, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100.—II. Blame, censure, reprimand, reproof, reprehension (freq. and class.).
(a). With gen.:
gloriam in morte debent ii, qui in re publicā versantur, non culpae reprehensionem et stultitiae vituperationem relinquere, Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 25: vitae, id. Mur. 5, 11: temeritatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1: brevis neglegentiae, Quint. 5, 13, 10: personarum, id. 9, 2, 68: vereri reprehensionem doctorum atque prudentium, Cic. Or. 1, 1.— In plur.: obscuritatis, infantiae, inscitiae rerum verborumque, et insulsitatis etiam, Quint. 5, 13, 38; cf.: dissentientium inter se reprehensiones non sunt vituperandae, Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 27.— (b). Absol.:
reprehensionem non fugere, Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1: justā reprehensione carere, id. Off. 1, 40, 144: sine reprehensione, Quint. 1, 5, 14; 1, 11, 18; 9, 2, 68; Plin. 3, 1, praef. § 1; Tac. H. 1, 49: citra reprehensionem, Quint. 1, 5, 64; 8, 5, 34: cum reprehensione, id. 11, 3, 165: reprehensionem capere, to be found fault with, id. 5, 7, 1.— In plur.: fore ut hic noster labor in varias reprehensiones incurreret, Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 1.— B. Transf.
1. Like our blame for the thing blamed, a fault:
Hermagoras, in plurimis admirandus, tantum diligentiae nimium solicitae, ut ipsa ejus reprehensio laude aliquā non indigna sit, Quint. 3, 11, 22; cf.: usque ad emacitatis reprehensionem. Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 7.—2. Rhet. t. t., a refutation, Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78; id. Part. Or. 12, 44; id. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 34 (cf. reprehendo, II. B. 2.).
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
reprehēnsiō ōnis, f
reprehendo, a taking again, resumption : (oratio) sine reprehensione, i. e. interruption (of thought).— Blame, censure, reprimand, reproof, reprehension : reprehensionem non fugere: iusta: ut hic labor in varias reprehensiones incurreret: non culpae reprehensionem relinquere: doctorum: dissentientium inter se reprehensiones non sunt vituperandae.—In rhet., a refutation .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin reprehēnsiō From reprehendō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalanreprensió
- Englishreprehension
- Frenchrépréhension
- Italianriprensione
- Portugueserepreensão
- Spanishreprensión
In English words that came into English from reprehēnsiō
- reprehensionreprehēnsiō