vitio

Latin

Etymology 1

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Latin vitium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin vitiō

From vitium (“fault, vice”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɪ.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvit.t͡si.o]

Verb

vitiō (present infinitive vitiāre, perfect active vitiāvī, supine vitiātum); first conjugation

to vitiate, make faulty, spoil, taint, corrupt, damage
to violate sexually
(law) to falsify, corrupt (tamper with)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vitiō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	vitiō	vitiās		vitiat	vitiāmus	vitiātis		vitiant
	imperfect	vitiābam	vitiābās		vitiābat	vitiābāmus	vitiābātis		vitiābant
	future	vitiābō	vitiābis		vitiābit	vitiābimus	vitiābitis		vitiābunt
	perfect	vitiāvī	vitiāvistī		vitiāvit	vitiāvimus	vitiāvistis		vitiāvērunt, vitiāvēre
	pluperfect	vitiāveram	vitiāverās		vitiāverat	vitiāverāmus	vitiāverātis		vitiāverant
	future perfect	vitiāverō	vitiāveris		vitiāverit	vitiāverimus	vitiāveritis		vitiāverint
passive	present	vitior	vitiāris, vitiāre		vitiātur	vitiāmur	vitiāminī		vitiantur
	imperfect	vitiābar	vitiābāris, vitiābāre		vitiābātur	vitiābāmur	vitiābāminī		vitiābantur
	future	vitiābor	vitiāberis, vitiābere		vitiābitur	vitiābimur	vitiābiminī		vitiābuntur
	perfect	vitiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vitiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vitiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	vitiem	vitiēs		vitiet	vitiēmus	vitiētis		vitient
	imperfect	vitiārem	vitiārēs		vitiāret	vitiārēmus	vitiārētis		vitiārent
	perfect	vitiāverim	vitiāverīs		vitiāverit	vitiāverīmus	vitiāverītis		vitiāverint
	pluperfect	vitiāvissem	vitiāvissēs		vitiāvisset	vitiāvissēmus	vitiāvissētis		vitiāvissent
passive	present	vitier	vitiēris, vitiēre		vitiētur	vitiēmur	vitiēminī		vitientur
	imperfect	vitiārer	vitiārēris, vitiārēre		vitiārētur	vitiārēmur	vitiārēminī		vitiārentur
	perfect	vitiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vitiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	vitiā		—	—	vitiāte		—
active	future	—	vitiātō		vitiātō	—	vitiātōte		vitiantō
passive	present	—	vitiāre		—	—	vitiāminī		—
passive	future	—	vitiātor		vitiātor	—	—		vitiantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		vitiāre		vitiārī		vitiāns		—
future		vitiātūrum esse		vitiātum īrī		vitiātūrus		vitiandus
perfect		vitiāvisse		vitiātum esse		—		vitiātus
future perfect		—		vitiātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		vitiātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		vitiandī	vitiandō		vitiandum	vitiandō	vitiātum		vitiātū

Related terms

Descendants

English: vitiate
French: vicier
Italian: viziare
Piedmontese: vissié
Portuguese: viciar
Spanish: viciar

Etymology 2

Noun

vitiō

dative/ablative singular of vitium

References

“vitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“vitio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the word aemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense: aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit
- (ambiguous) to be free from faults: omni vitio carere
- (ambiguous) magistrates elected irregularly (i.e. either when the auspices have been unfavourable or when some formality has been neglected): magistratus vitio creati
- (ambiguous) to reproach, blame a person for..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vitio vertere (Verr. 5. 50)