vitium

vitium ī, n

VI-, a fault, defect, blemish, imperfection, vice : vitium (appellant), cum partes corporis inter se dissident: corporis, O.: si nihil est in tecto vitii: si aedes conruerunt vitiumve fecerunt, have been damaged : vitio moriens sitit aëris herba, V.— A defect in the auspices, unfavorable sign, impediment : divinare, quid in castris vitii obvenisset, L.: vitio navigare: comitiorum solum vitium est fulmen.—In coinage, base metal, alloy : ignis vitium metallis Excoquit, O.—Fig., a fault, defect, blemish : acutius vitia in dicente quam recta videre: Et illud mihi vitiumst maximum, my greatest fault , T.: animadverso vitio castrorum, i. e. the unfavorable situation , Cs.: milites conflictati et tempestatis et sentinae vitiis, the injurious effects , Cs.— A moral fault, failing, error, offence, crime, vice : legibus proposita sunt supplicia vitiis: Virtus est vitium fugere, H.: ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset, i. e. blame him. —A crime against female chastity, violation : Quoi misere per vim vitium obtulerat, T.: vitium auctore redemit, O.