vitio

Latin

Etymology 1

From vitium (“fault, vice”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.ti.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvit.t͡si.o/, [ˈvit̪ː͡s̪io]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of vitiō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vitiā	—	—	vitiāte	—
	future	—	vitiātō	vitiātō	—	vitiātōte	vitiantō
passive	present	—	vitiāre	—	—	vitiāminī	—
	future	—	vitiātor	vitiātor	—	—	vitiantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vitiāre	vitiāvisse	vitiātūrum esse	vitiārī	vitiātum esse	vitiātum īrī
participles		vitiāns	—	vitiātūrus	—	vitiātus	vitiandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vitiandī	vitiandō	vitiandum	vitiandō	vitiātum	vitiātū

Related terms

• vitiōsitas
• vitiōsus

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Noun

vitiō

1. 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, 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)