vitiosus
Latin
Etymology
From vitium + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯i.tiˈoː.sus/, [u̯ɪt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vit.t͡siˈo.sus/, [vit̪ː͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
vitiōsus (feminine vitiōsa, neuter vitiōsum, comparative vitiōsior, superlative vitiōsissimus, adverb vitiōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- full of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt
- morally faulty, wicked, depraved, vicious
- Synonyms: scelerātus, scelestus, facinorōsus, malus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vitiōsus | vitiōsa | vitiōsum | vitiōsī | vitiōsae | vitiōsa | |
| Genitive | vitiōsī | vitiōsae | vitiōsī | vitiōsōrum | vitiōsārum | vitiōsōrum | |
| Dative | vitiōsō | vitiōsō | vitiōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | vitiōsum | vitiōsam | vitiōsum | vitiōsōs | vitiōsās | vitiōsa | |
| Ablative | vitiōsō | vitiōsā | vitiōsō | vitiōsīs | |||
| Vocative | vitiōse | vitiōsa | vitiōsum | vitiōsī | vitiōsae | vitiōsa | |
Derived terms
- vitiōsē
- vitiōsitas
Descendants
- Catalan: viciós
- English: vicious
- Old French: voisos
- French: vicieux
- Galician: vizoso, vicioso
- Italian: vizioso, vezzoso
- Portuguese: vicioso, viçoso
- Romanian: vicios
- Spanish: vicioso
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
- incorrect usage: consuetudo vitiosa et corrupta (opp. pura et incorrupta) sermonis