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vitio

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From vitium (fault, vice) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vitiō (present infinitive vitiāre, perfect active vitiāvī, supine vitiātum); first conjugation

  1. to vitiate, make faulty, spoil, taint, corrupt, damage
  2. to violate sexually
  3. (law) to falsify, corrupt (tamper with)
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • English: vitiate
  • French: vicier
  • Italian: viziare
  • Piedmontese: vissié
  • Portuguese: viciar
  • Spanish: viciar

Etymology 2

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Noun

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vitiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of vitium

References

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  • vitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (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)