culpabilis

Latin

Etymology

culpa (“crime, blame”) +‎ -bilis

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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
• 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.