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Latin
Etymology
From vituperō + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
vituperium n (genitive vituperiī or vituperī); second declension
- censure, blame
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- vituperium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vituperium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC