vitiosus

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Latin

Etymology

From vitium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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

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Descendants

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • incorrect usage: consuetudo vitiosa et corrupta (opp. pura et incorrupta) sermonis