culpo
Latin > English
culpo culpare, culpavi, culpatus V TRANS :: blame, find fault with, censure, reproach, reprove, disapprove; accuse, condemn
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
culpo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. culpa.
I To reproach or blame a person or thing as wrong or faulty, to censure, reprove, disapprove, condemn (syn.: reprehendo, vitupero; opp. laudo, probo, etc.; rare; mostly post-Aug.; never in the Cic. per.).
a With personal objects: quos modo culpavi, Ov. M. 10, 581: illum, Quint. 8, 4, 23: alium, id. 4, 2, 26: Neronem, Suet. Vit. Pers. —Pass.: laudatur (prodigus) ab his, culpatur ab illis, Hor. S. 1, 2, 11; 1, 4, 25; id. C. 4, 5, 20; Quint. 3, 6, 60: cum ob id culparetur, Suet. Caes. 72: sola est, in quā merito culpetur, pecuniae cupiditas, id. Vesp. 16 init.: num culpandus est qui coepit? Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 4; 9, 19, 8.—
b With things as objects: hoc (opp. laudare), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 13: quod, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 96: faciem deae, Ov. M. 11, 322: versus duros (with reprehendere inertes), Hor. A. P. 446: statuas, Mart. 9, 60, 12: modum praemii poenaeve, Quint. 2, 4, 38: factum ipsum, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15: plura culpanda sunt quam laudanda, id. ib. 5, 8, 13.—
c Absol.: culpetne probetne, Ov. M. 3, 256; 9, 524; Hor. S. 1, 4, 82.— Hence, subst.: culpanda, ōrum, n., things deserving censure: et probandorum et culpandorum ex iis confirmatio eosdem gradus habet, Quint. 5, 11, 7.—
II Culpare aliquid, to declare something as a crime, to impute a fault to, to complain of, find fault with: arbore nunc aquas Culpante, etc., Hor. C. 3, 1, 31; cf.: agrorum infecunditatem, Col. 1, prooem. § 1: culpantur frustra calami, Hor. S. 2, 3, 7.—Hence, culpā-tus, a, um, P. a.
A Worthy of reproach, blamable: Paris, Verg. A. 2, 602: culpatius esse arbitror, Gell. 11, 7, 1.—
B Corrupted, spoiled: vinum, Macr. S. 7, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
culpō,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre (culpa), tr., regarder comme fautif, blâmer : Pl. Bacch. 397 ; ob rem aliquam Suet. Cæs. 72 ou in re aliqua Suet. Vesp. 16, 1, blâmer pour qqch. || [fig.] rejeter la faute sur qqch. ou sur qqn : culpare cæli intemperiem Col. Rust. 1, Præf. 1, accuser l’intempérie des saisons ; culpantur calami Hor. S. 2, 3, 7, on s’en prend à sa plume ; culpatus Paris Virg. En. 2, 602, Pâris incriminé par les Grecs], l’inculpation de Pâris ; [av. prop. inf.] culpabant Cerialem passum (esse)... Tac. H. 4, 75, selon eux, Cerialis était coupable d’avoir permis...
Latin > German (Georges)
culpo, āvī, ātum, āre (culpa), zur Schuld machen, I) = jmd. od. etw. als schuld tadeln, schelten, mißbilligen (Ggstz. laudare, probare), α) persönl. Objj.: falsone an vero laudent, culpent quem velint, Plaut.: c. Homerum, Lucil. fr.: Neronem, Suet.: im Passiv, laudatur ab his, culpatur ab illis, Hor.: culpantur frustra calami, Hor. – m. ob u. Akk., cum ob id culparetur, Suet. – m. in u. Abl., in quo merito culpetur, Suet. – m. folg. Infin., ut illum culparet haec tradidisse, Quint. – absol., qui (amicum absentem) non defendet culpante alio, Hor. – β) sächl. Objj.: deorum consilia, Plaut.: sua laudare, culpare, Lucil. fr.: faciem deae, Ov.: quod qui rescierint, culpent, Ter. – m. in u. Abl., in tantis vitiis hominum plura culpanda sunt quam laudanda, Plin. ep. – absol., culpetne prebetne, Ov. – Partiz. subst., culpanda, ōrum, n., das Tadelnswerte (Ggstz. probanda), Quint. 5, 11, 7. – II) = jmd. od. etw. als Urheber der Schuld bezeichnen, auf jmd. od. etw. die Schuld schieben, jmd. od. etw. beschuldigen, tibi (von dir) culpatus Paris, Verg.: c. infecundiam agrorum et caeli intemperiem, Col.: arbore nunc aquas culpante nunc etc., Hor.