Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 465.culpa on page 465
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culpa fault
culpa is a Latin Noun that primarily means fault.
Definitions for culpa
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
fault, blame
English derivatives:
culpable culprit exculpate inculpate
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(often w. gen.) The responsibility (for something wrong), the blame. (b) (phrs.)to be to blame, be at fault, etc.; it is my (your, his, etc.) fault. (c) the attachment of blame to a person. censure. (d) (poet.) a cause of blame, a reproach.
- 2
The state of having committed an offence, guilt; also, a sense of guilt.
- 3
Wrongdoing or an instance of it, an offence, (b) (often of sexual misconduct). (c) (in weakened sense) failure to take the right measures, neglect, or faulty judgement; an error, mistake. (d) (leg.) criminal negligence. (e) (in abl., usu. w. gen. or poss. adj.) through the fault (i.e. misconduct, etc.) of (a person, etc.).
Sentences with culpa
Latin to English
Culpās multās habēbāmus et semper habēbimus.Compare We used to have many faults and always shall have.
Nūllīus culpae mihi cōnscius sum.Compare In my own heart (mihi), I am conscious of no fault.
Tuā culpā raeda est in fossā.Compare Because of your fault the carriage is in the ditch.
Neque enim specie famave movetur nec iam furtivum Dido meditatur amorem: coniugium vocat, hoc praetexit nomeni culpam.Compare Dido recked nothing for appearance or reputation: The love she brooded on now was a secret love no longer; Marriage, she called it, drawing the word to veil her sin.
Sed tanem vacare culpa magnum est solacium, praesertim cum habeam duas res, quibus me sustentem, optimarum artium scientiam et maximarum rerum gloriam; quarum altera mihi vivo numquam eripietur, alterna ne mortuo quidem.Compare However, it is a great comfort to be without guilt, the more so because I am sustained by two things: practice of the noble arts and the fame of my great deeds. The former will never be taken away from me as long as I live, and the latter not even after my death.
Atque hic malus omnis culpa fortuna sustineo.Compare And fortune bears the blame of all these evils.
Declension table for culpa
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | culpa | culpae |
| Gen. | culpae | culpārum |
| Dat. | culpae | culpīs |
| Acc. | culpam | culpās |
| Abl. | culpā | culpīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 33.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 465.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "culpa, culpae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 30, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/culpa-culpae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 33.culpa, culpae on page 33
