vitium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === vicium (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-tyo- (“apart, wrong”), a derivative of the number *dwóh₁ (“two”)., or Proto-Indo-European *wí (“separate from, both, two”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪ.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvit.t͡si.um] === Noun === vitium n (genitive vitiī or vitī); second declension flaw, defect, blemish, imperfection vice crime, wrongdoing, misdeed, sin, error, fault Synonyms: dēlīctum, peccātum, scelus, noxa, culpa, crīmen, facinus, malum, iniūria, error, dēlinquentia, flāgitium, commissum, maleficium Antonyms: bonum, rēctum, virtūs disease (of plants) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== vitiō vitiōsus vituperō ==== Related terms ==== vitiōsitas ==== Descendants ==== ==== Further reading ==== “vitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "vitium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “vitium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. === References === vitium in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication