culpabilis

Latin

Etymology

culpa (“crime, blame”) ‎ -bilis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kulˈpaː.bi.lis/, [kʊɫ̪ˈpäːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kulˈpa.bi.lis/, [kulˈpäːbilis]

Adjective

culpābilis (neuter culpābile, comparative culpabilius, adverb culpābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. blameworthy, culpable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	culpābilis	culpābile		culpābilēs	culpābilia
genitive	culpābilis			culpābilium
dative	culpābilī			culpābilibus
accusative	culpābilem	culpābile		culpābilēs culpābilīs	culpābilia
ablative	culpābilī			culpābilibus
vocative	culpābilis	culpābile		culpābilēs	culpābilia

Derived terms

• inculpābilis

Descendants

• Catalan: culpable
• Old French: coupable, copable, coulpable
  • Middle French: coulpable
    • French: coupable
    • → English: culpable
  • Norman: coupabl'ye
• Italian: colpabile, colpevole
• Portuguese: culpável
• Romanian: culpabil
• Spanish: culpable

References

• “culpabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• culpabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.