vitium
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wi-tyo-, from *wey- (“guilt, vice, fault”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwi.ti.um/, [ˈwɪ.ti.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.t͡si.um/, [ˈviː.t͡si.um]
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vitium | vitia |
| Genitive | vitiī | vitiōrum |
| Dative | vitiō | vitiīs |
| Accusative | vitium | vitia |
| Ablative | vitiō | vitiīs |
| Vocative | vitium | vitia |
Descendants
References
- vitium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vitium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vitium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- vitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a mistake, solecism: vitium orationis, sermonis or simply vitium
- to be indulgent to a person's faults: indulgere vitiis alicuius
- to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
- his vices betray themselves: vitia erumpunt (in aliquem) (De Amic. 21. 76)
- to abandon oneself to vice: animum vitiis dedere
- to be tainted with vice: vitiis, sceleribus contaminari or se contaminare (Off. 3. 8. 37)
- to be vicious, criminal: vitiis, sceleribus inquinatum, contaminatum, obrutum esse
- to eradicate vice: vitia exstirpare et funditus tollere
- a life defiled by every crime: vita omnibus flagitiis, vitiis dedita
- to have a natural propensity to vice: natura proclivem esse ad vitia
- (ambiguous) the word aemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense: aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit
- (ambiguous) to be free from faults: omni vitio carere
- (ambiguous) magistrates elected irregularly (i.e. either when the auspices have been unfavourable or when some formality has been neglected): magistratus vitio creati
- (ambiguous) to reproach, blame a person for..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vitio vertere (Verr. 5. 50)
- a mistake, solecism: vitium orationis, sermonis or simply vitium
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