LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vituperātiō

vituperātiō f (genitive vituperātiōnis)
Classical[wɪ.tʊ.pɛˈraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[vi.tu.peˈrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a censuring; blaming
  2. censure; blame
  3. charge against; criticism
    Sequitur tertia vituperātiō senectūtis, quod eam carēre dīcunt voluptātibus.Next comes the third criticism of old age, because they claim it is without sensual pleasures.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 12.39

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

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevituperātiōvituperātiōnēs
genitivevituperātiōnisvituperātiōnum
dativevituperātiōnīvituperātiōnibus
accusativevituperātiōnemvituperātiōnēs
ablativevituperātiōnevituperātiōnibus
vocativevituperātiōvituperātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

vituperationem subire
to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed.
in vituperationem, reprehensionem cadere, incidere, venire
to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed.

vĭtŭpĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. 1. vitupero,
I. a blaming, censuring; blame, censure, vituperation (either given or received) (freq. and class.): communi vituperatione reprehendere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46; so (opp. laus) Quint. 2, 4, 33; 3, 4, 12; 8, 6, 55 al. —Plur., Quint. 3, 4, 5: in vituperationem venire, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13: adductus erat in sermonem, invidiam, vituperationem, id. ib. 2, 3, 61, § 140: in vituperationem cadere, id. Att. 14, 13, 4: vituperationem vitare, id. Prov. Cons. 18, 44: esse alicui laudi potius quam vituperationi, id. Fam. 13, 73, 2: quod effugissem duas maximas vituperationes, id. Att. 16, 7, 5: et laudes et vituperationes scribebantur, Quint. 3, 4, 5; Cic. Brut. 12, 47.—
II. Transf., blameworthiness, blameworthy conduct: vituperatio atque infamia, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vituperātiō From vituperō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishvituperation
  • Frenchvitupération
  • Italianvituperazione
  • Portuguesevituperação
  • Spanishvituperación

In English words that came into English from vituperātiō

  • vituperationvituperātiō

Quick answers

What does vituperātiō mean in Latin?
vituperātiō, a noun, means “a censuring; blaming; censure”.
What is the genitive of vituperātiō?
The genitive singular is vituperātiōnis. vituperātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vituperātiō?
In classical Latin, [wɪ.tʊ.pɛˈraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vi.tu.peˈrat.t͡si.o].