vitiosus

Latin

Etymology

From vitium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.tiˈoː.sus/, [u̯ɪt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vit.t͡siˈo.sus/, [vit̪ː͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

vitiōsus (feminine vitiōsa, neuter vitiōsum, comparative vitiōsior, superlative vitiōsissimus, adverb vitiōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt
2. morally faulty, wicked, depraved, vicious

   Synonyms: scelerātus, scelestus, facinorōsus, malus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitiōsus	vitiōsa	vitiōsum		vitiōsī	vitiōsae	vitiōsa
genitive	vitiōsī	vitiōsae	vitiōsī		vitiōsōrum	vitiōsārum	vitiōsōrum
dative	vitiōsō	vitiōsae	vitiōsō		vitiōsīs
accusative	vitiōsum	vitiōsam	vitiōsum		vitiōsōs	vitiōsās	vitiōsa
ablative	vitiōsō	vitiōsā	vitiōsō		vitiōsīs
vocative	vitiōse	vitiōsa	vitiōsum		vitiōsī	vitiōsae	vitiōsa

Derived terms

• vitiōsē
• vitiōsitas

Descendants

• Asturian: viciosu
• Catalan: viciós
• English: vicious
• Old French: voisos
• French: vicieux
• Galician: vizoso, vicioso
• Italian: vizioso, vezzoso
• Portuguese: vicioso, viçoso
• Romanian: vicios
• Spanish: vicioso

References

• “vitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vitiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • incorrect usage: consuetudo vitiosa et corrupta (opp. pura et incorrupta) sermonis