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culpa.

fault/blame/responsibility (w/GEN); crime (esp. against chastity); negligence; offense; error; (sense of) guilt; fault/defect (moral/other); sickness/injury;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʊɫ.pa]Classical-Latin[ˈkul.pa]
  1. fault, defect, weakness, frailty, temptation

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. blame, guilt

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. crime, punishable act, mischief, sin

    declension-1 · feminine
  4. specifically, regarding sexual misconduct or unchastity

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kʷolpā (“wrong, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolp-eh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp- (“to bend, turn”).

verb
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of culpō

    active · form-of · imperative · present · second-person · singular
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