blame (v.) Copy link Outline 1. rĕprĕhendo, di, sum, 32. accūso, 13. incūso, 1 (= accuso4. condemno (prop. to condemn)5. culpo, 1 (not in Cic.)6. imprŏbo, 1. v. TO DISAPPROVE.7. vĭtŭpĕro, 18. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 • blame (v.): 1. rĕprĕhendo, di, sum, 3: he b.s the rashness of the soldiers, temeritatem militum reprehendit, Caes.: you b. that in me which was praised in Metellus, tu id in me r. quod Metello laudi datum est, Cic.: to b. others, alios r., Cic. 2. accūso, 1: for what do you b. the man? hominem quid accusas? Cic.: v. TO FIND FAULT, accuse. 3. incūso, 1 (= accuso: v. to accuse): he b.d them severely, vehementer eos incusavit, Caes.: to b. an action, factum in., Ov. 4. condemno (prop. to condemn): to b. any one for sloth, aliquem inertiae c., Cic. 5. culpo, 1 (not in Cic.): he is praised by some, b.d by others, laudatur ab his, culpatur ab illis, Hor.: Varr.: Suet. 6. imprŏbo, 1. v. to disapprove. 7. vĭtŭpĕro, 1: v. TO FIND FAULT WITH. 8. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3: v. to censure.
blame Copy link Outline I. Censure1. culpa2. reprĕhensio3. vĭtŭpĕrātio4. incūsātio (denoting an emphatic upbraiding)5. imprŏbātio.II. The fault itself1. culpa2. noxia • blame, blaming (subs.): I. Censure: 1. culpa: (prop. the fault; but in certain connexions, the blame of it): fortune bears the b. of all these evils, horum malorum omnium c. fortuna sustinet, Cic.: I have avoided b., not deserved praise, vitavi c., laudem non merui, Hor.: v. inf. (II.). 2. reprĕhensio: the b. of a fault, culpae r., Cic.: things deserving of no b., nullâ r. digna, Suet. 3. vĭtŭpĕrātio: (stronger than the preceding): to avoid b., v. vitare, Cic.: v. reproof. 4. incūsātio (denoting an emphatic upbraiding): Cic. 5. imprŏbātio.: v. disapproval. II. The fault itself: 1. culpa: they laid the b. thereof on the multitude, ejus rei c. in multitudinem contulerunt, Caes.: to lay the b. on another's shoulders, c. in aliquem transferre, Cic.: Hor. 2. noxia: to be free from b., esse extra n., Ter.; noxiā carere, Pl.: v. fault.
BLAME Copy link • BLAME 1. v. a., reprehendere (to blame in a friendly way, for the purpose of setting a man right): vituperare (to rebuke for the purpose of bringing a man to a confession of his fault, to shame, and repentance): culpare (to lay the blame on, aliquem or aliquid: to be blamed for anything, culpari ob aliquid; in aliquo: deserredly, merito): increpare (in a loud, railing way); improbare (to declare disapprobation of). To blame one in a firiendly manner, aliquem amice reprehendere. To blame one for a thing, reprehendere aliquem de aliqua re or in aliqua re. I am not to be blamed for this, a me haec culpa procul est. To be to blame, in vitio esse: in culpa esse. We are so much the more to blame, nobis eo minus ignoscendum est. 2. s. reprehensio: vituperatio, culpatio, objurgatio. To fall into blame, reprehendi, vituperari, in vituperationem venire, cadere, incidere. To deserve blame, in vitio esse. I confess myself to blame for these things, haec mea culpa fateor fieri. To lay the blame upon one, culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre (this latter, from one’s self on another): culpam alicui attribuere, assignare. One passes the blame over to the other, causam alter in alterum confert. Fault, vitium, culpa; noxia, noxa; crimen.