Dictionary formvitium, vitii(neuter)
Translation
fault, vice; defect
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | vitium | vitia |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | vitium | vitia |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | vitium | vitia |
| Genitiveof | vitii | vitiorum |
| Dativeto, for | vitio | vitiis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | vitio | vitiis |
Examples
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This fault is serious.
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We see the vices of men.
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No man is without fault.
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He was persisting in his vices.
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Virtue is the opposite of vice.
Vitium, vitii is second declension neuter, and its core sense is a flaw: a crack in a wall, a corruption in a text, a hole in an argument. The moral sense, "vice", is a narrowing of that, and the ethical writers set it squarely against virtus.
Mind the false friend. English vice always implies wickedness, whereas a vitium in a technical passage may be nothing worse than a structural defect. In augury vitio creatus describes a magistrate elected under a faulty auspice, a use that says a good deal about how Romans thought about procedure. The verb vitiare and English vitiate keep the neutral sense intact.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 8: vitium, descendo, gaudium and 6 more words.