reprove Copy link Outline 1. objurgo, 1 (prop. to rebuke with some authority)2. castīgo, 1 (to correct)3. reprĕhendo, di, sum, 3 (to reprimand)4. vĭtŭpĕro, 15. incrĕpo (avi, atum), ui, ĭtum, 16. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to wound slightly)7. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to take to task sharply)8. nŏto, 1 (esp. of the censor9. rĕtaxo, 1 (very rare) • reprove: 1. objurgo, 1 (prop. to rebuke with some authority): our friends must be admonished and r.d, monendi amici sunt et objurgandi, Cic. Am. 24, 88: to r. severely, vehementer o., id. Att. 3, 10: to r. gently (fig. expr.), molli brachio o., id. ib. 2, 1, 8. (Frequent. objurgĭto, 1: Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 30.) 2. castīgo, 1 (to correct): to r. any one, verbis c. aliquem, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88: to r. them privately for ..., c. illos secreto quod ..., Caes. B. C. 3, 60. 3. reprĕhendo, di, sum, 3 (to reprimand): to r. a fault, vitium r., Cic. Verr. 3, 2, 4: to r. the rashness of the troops, temeritatem militum r., Caes. B. G. 7, 52: to r. in a kind and frank way, amice simpliciterque r., Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1: to r. others for the same offences which they had committed, r. alios in eodem genere in quo ipsi offendissent, Cic. Clu. 36, 98. 4. vĭtŭpĕro, 1: v. censure, blame. 5. incrĕpo (avi, atum), ui, ĭtum, 1: (to upbraid loudly): to r. his arrogance in verse, versibus i. arrogantiam, Cic. Acad. 2, 23, 74: he r.d him most severely for entering the city, acerrime increpuit quod urbem introisset, Tac. A. 2, 59. 6. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to wound slightly): to r. his style of living in mild terms, lenibus verbis cultum p., Tac. A. 2, 59; Cic. 7. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to take to task sharply): to r. in an unfriendly way, inimice c., Quint. 11, 1, 68: they were r.d and rated by the consul in strong language, convicio consulis correpti exagitabantur, Caes. B. C. 1, 2: Cic. 8. nŏto, 1 (esp. of the censor: to reprimand publicly): love that ought to be r.d, amor dignus notari, Hor. S. 1, 3, 24. 9. rĕtaxo, 1 (very rare): Suet. Vesp. 13.