culpatio

Latin

Etymology

From culpō (“blame”) +‎ -tiō, from culpa (“fault, defect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kulˈpaː.ti.oː/, [kʊɫ̪ˈpäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kulˈpat.t͡si.o/, [kulˈpät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

culpātiō f (genitive culpātiōnis); third declension

1. censure, rebuke, reproach, blame

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	culpātiō	culpātiōnēs
genitive	culpātiōnis	culpātiōnum
dative	culpātiōnī	culpātiōnibus
accusative	culpātiōnem	culpātiōnēs
ablative	culpātiōne	culpātiōnibus
vocative	culpātiō	culpātiōnēs

References

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