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Latin
Etymology 1
From vitium (“fault, vice”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
vitiō (present infinitive vitiāre, perfect active vitiāvī, supine vitiātum); first conjugation
- to vitiate, make faulty, spoil, taint, corrupt, damage
- to violate sexually
- (law) to falsify, corrupt (tamper with)
Conjugation
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
vitiō
- dative/ablative singular of vitium
References
- “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, 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)