"vitium" meaning in Latin

See vitium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈwɪ.ti.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvit.t͡si.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-tyo- (“apart, wrong”), a derivative of the number *dwóh₁ (“two”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|ine-pro|*dwi-|*(d)wi-tyo-|apart, wrong}} Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-tyo- (“apart, wrong”) Head templates: {{la-noun|vitium<2>}} vitium n (genitive vitiī or vitī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vitium<2>}} Forms: vitiī [genitive], vitī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vitium [nominative, singular], vitia [nominative, plural], vitiī [genitive, singular], vitī [genitive, singular], vitiōrum [genitive, plural], vitiō [dative, singular], vitiīs [dative, plural], vitium [accusative, singular], vitia [accusative, plural], vitiō [ablative, singular], vitiīs [ablative, plural], vitium [singular, vocative], vitia [plural, vocative], vicium [alternative, Medieval-Latin]
  1. flaw, defect, blemish, imperfection Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-vitium-la-noun-blqdzCw0
  2. vice Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-vitium-la-noun-Dh9t7CRX Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 22 37 23 19
  3. crime, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin, error, fault Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-vitium-la-noun-x-xYO9LX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ethics Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 22 56 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 26 43 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 13 71 7 Disambiguation of Ethics: 21 24 34 21 Synonyms: dēlīctum, peccātum, scelus, noxa, culpa, crīmen, facinus, malum, iniūria, error, dēlinquentia, flāgitium, commissum, maleficium
  4. disease (of plants) Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-vitium-la-noun-O4Ru8vW~ Categories (other): Disease Disambiguation of Disease: 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vitiō, vitiōsus, vituperō Related terms: vitiōsitas

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "vezzo"
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    },
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      "form": "vitium",
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        "Medieval-Latin"
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          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.147–148",
          "text": "accipit ille locus positō vēlāmine cūnctās\net vitium nūdī corporis omne videt\nThat place receives [you] with all [your] garments set aside,\nand exposes every blemish on the naked body.\n(See Fortuna Virilis.)",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Translation by Harold Edgeworth Butler\nSince the first of all virtues is the avoidance of faults\n(literally, “For the first virtue is to lack vice”)",
          "ref": "c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.3.41",
          "text": "nam prima virtus est vitio carere",
          "translation": "Translation by Harold Edgeworth Butler\nSince the first of all virtues is the avoidance of faults\n(literally, “For the first virtue is to lack vice”)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        {
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        },
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          "word": "dēlinquentia"
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        {
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwɪ.ti.ũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvit.t͡si.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vitium"
}
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    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "ablative",
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        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.147–148",
          "text": "accipit ille locus positō vēlāmine cūnctās\net vitium nūdī corporis omne videt\nThat place receives [you] with all [your] garments set aside,\nand exposes every blemish on the naked body.\n(See Fortuna Virilis.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flaw, defect, blemish, imperfection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ],
        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ],
        [
          "blemish",
          "blemish"
        ],
        [
          "imperfection",
          "imperfection"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Translation by Harold Edgeworth Butler\nSince the first of all virtues is the avoidance of faults\n(literally, “For the first virtue is to lack vice”)",
          "ref": "c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.3.41",
          "text": "nam prima virtus est vitio carere",
          "translation": "Translation by Harold Edgeworth Butler\nSince the first of all virtues is the avoidance of faults\n(literally, “For the first virtue is to lack vice”)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vice",
          "vice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bonum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rēctum"
        },
        {
          "word": "virtūs"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crime, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin, error, fault"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
        ],
        [
          "misdeed",
          "misdeed"
        ],
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ],
        [
          "error",
          "error"
        ],
        [
          "fault",
          "fault"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dēlīctum"
        },
        {
          "word": "peccātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "scelus"
        },
        {
          "word": "noxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "culpa"
        },
        {
          "word": "crīmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "facinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "malum"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "error"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēlinquentia"
        },
        {
          "word": "flāgitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "commissum"
        },
        {
          "word": "maleficium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "disease (of plants)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwɪ.ti.ũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvit.t͡si.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vitium"
}

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