VIT 
VIT 
VIT 
pearance. Virg. Hoc visum nulli effata 
est.-IT Also, in the phraseology of 
the Stoics, a certain impression or im¬ 
pulse communicated to the mind from ex¬ 
ternal objects through the senses, a per¬ 
ception. Cic. Acad. 1, 11 (gives this word 
as a translation of the Greek i pavracia, 
and calls it in explanation, qutedam 
quasi impulsio oblata extrinsecus). 
VISORGIS, is, m. the JVeser, a river of 
Germany. Tacit. (The i is found short 
in Sidun.) 
VISOS, a, um, particip. from video. 
Vises (video), us, m. a seeing, the sight, 
vision, Spams, oipig. Cic. ap. Plin. 
Feminas omnes visu nocere, qua) dupli- 
ces pupillas habent. Q uinti.l. Visus 
oculorum obtutu continuo fatigatur. 
Ovid. Bootes mergetur, visus effugiet- 
que tuos. Val. Flacc. Frui visu alicu- 
jus rei. Plin. Tanta celeritate, ut vi¬ 
sum fallant. Sil. Consumpsit visus 
pontus, took away the view. Virg. Obire 
omnia visu, to survey with the eyes. Id. 
Terribiles visu (where visu may also be 
the supine). — Also, sight, h. e. the sense 
or faculty of sight. Lactant. Visus in 
duas acies divisus est. — Also, sight, 
h. e. the eyes, together with the power of 
seeing. Stat. In occiduis stellatus visi- 
bus Argus. Apul. Visum perflere.- 
V Hence, that which is seen, a sight, ap¬ 
pearance, aspect, form. Virg. Rite se- 
cundarent visus, omenque levarent. 
Ovid. Inopino territa visu. Lin. Augus- 
tior humano visu, h. e. humana specie. 
Cic. Humano visu Deos esse, bear a hu¬ 
man aspect. Tacit. Nocturno visu, in a 
vision; in a dream. So, Liv. Hos ubi 
nocturnos visus inter se consules contu- 
lerunt. Virg. Portenta horribili visu, 
aspect, form. -IT Also, the appearance 
or semblance of a thing, probability, likeli¬ 
hood, speciousness, plausibility. Cic. JV. 
D. 1, 5. Multa esse probabilia, qu$ 
quia visum quendam haberent insig- 
nem et iilustrem, &c. 
VITA (probably from /?iod'j, or flioros), 
<e, f. life, (3 los, guy. Cic. Tribus rebus 
animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potu, 
spiritu. Coes. Vitae necisque potesta- 
tem habere in aliquem. Cic. In vita 
esse, to be in life, to live. Id. Discedere 
a vita, to depart from life (voluntarily 
or not), to die. Id. Cedere e vita, or 
vita; or Excedere e vita, or vita; or, 
Decedere de vita, li. e. to die. JTepos. 
Vitam ponere, to leave life, to die. So, 
Cic. Si vita mihi ponenda sit. Id. Vi- 
tam amittere. Id. Cato sic abiit e 
vita, ut, &c. so departed from life, so 
died. Id. Vitam profundere pro ali- 
quo. Id. Vita frui. Id. Perducere vi¬ 
tam ad annum centesimum. Id. Si 
vita suppetet, if I shall have life. Also, 
Vitam vivere, degere, agere, to lead a 
life, to live-, as, Cic. Vitam tutam vi¬ 
vere, to lead a safe life, to live safely. Id. 
Vitam miserrimam degere. Id. Agere 
vitam honestissime. Also, simply, 
Plaut. Vitam vivere, to live. And, Id. 
Vita vivere. Also, Virg. Vitam tra- 
here, to pass or drag out life. Cic. Vi¬ 
tam alicut adimere, or auferre. Id. Vi¬ 
ta aliquem expellere. Id. Vita se pri- 
vare. Id. In mea vita nulla unquam, 
&c. in my whole life. Id. In vita, in his 
(whole) life. Terent. Vitam colere ino- 
pem, h. e. to lead. Nepos. Vitam pro¬ 
ducers, to prolong. Virg. abrumpere. 
Senec. Bonam vitam, quam opinionem 
bonam malle, a merry life. Ovid. Malte 
ttedia vitae. Also, in plur. ; as, Quin- 
til. Plures vitas. — Victus is also joined 
with it; as, Cic. In omni vita atque 
victu (where victus is the manner of life ; 
but see Victus, at the end). — Also, of 
lifeless things, Vita, life, h. e. duration, 
continuance, of trees and plants, for 
instance. Plin. -IT Also, life, h. e. 
way or manner of life. Cic. Serpit per ■ 
omnium vitas amicitia. Id. rustj'ca. 
- IT Also, the life, h. e. the rpiorals, 
conduct, actions of life. Tcreait.. Inspi- 
cere in vitas omnium. A net. ad Herenn. 
Vita hominis ex ante fact is spectabitur. 
— Also, (refined, polished, stylish) man¬ 
ner of living, style, the world. Cic. 
Usus, vita, mores, civitas ipsa respuit. 
-V Also, the life, h. e. the biography. 
Mepos. Ep. 4. Vita excellentium impe- 
ratorum. - IT Figur. life, h. e. a per¬ 
son or thing very dear and precious in our 
sight. Terent. /Eschinum, nostrarum vi¬ 
tam omnium, the life of us all. Plaut. 
Certe enim tu vita es mihi. — Hence, 
as a word of endearment. Propert. 
Quid juvat ornato procedere, vita, ca- 
pillo ? my life, my sweet, my treasure, &c. 
Cic. Ego te quamprimum, mea vita, 
cupio videre. - IT Also, the soul or 
shade of the departed. Virg. Tenues 
sine corpore vita;. -IT Also, suste-f 
nance, support, aliment, nourishment food/ 
meat and drink. Plaut. Reperire . sibi 
vitam. Id. De vita mea. Terent. Cui 
opera vita erat.-IT Also, living men , 
men, the world. Cic. Neque antephilo- 
sophiam patefactam liac de re commu¬ 
nis vita dubitavit. Tibull. Rura cano, 
rurisque deos, his vita magistris desue- 
vit querna pellere glande famem. Mar¬ 
tial. Agnoscat mores vita, legatque 
sups.-IT Vital, for vita). Lucret. 
VITaBILIS (vito), e, adj. that ought to 
3 be shunned, deserving to be avoided. Ovid. 
VITaBuNDOS (Id.), a, um, adj. avoiding, 
2 shunning, endeavoring to escape, or anx¬ 
iously or studiously avoiding, &c. With¬ 
out the accus. Sallust. Solus inter tela 
hostium vitabundus erumpit. Tacit. 
Vespasiani nomen suspensi et vitabun- 
di circumibant. With an accus. Liv. 
Ilanno vitabundus castra hostium, con- 
sulesque, &c. 
VITALIS (vita), e, adj. of or pertaining 
to life, giving or preserving life, vital, 
Puoatpos. Plaut. tevum. Virg. Vita¬ 
les auras carpere, h. c. to breathe, live. 
Ovid. Lumen vitale relinquere, h. c. to 
die. Cic. Caloris natura vim habet in 
se vitalem, a vital, animating power, 
power of life. Id. Aer vitalem et saiu- 
tarem spiritual prabet animantibus. 
Ovid. Vitales vise, h. e. meatus spirit.us. 
Lucret. Vitales edere motus, h. e. to 
live. Id. Siecla vitalia, h. e. vitte. Liv. 
Quod vitale est, supports life; (opposed 
to mortiferum.) Ilence, Vitalia, things 
on which life depends, or the vital parts or 
vitals of the body, as the heart, brain, 
&c. Senec. in corpore. Plin. Pilum 
sub oculo adactum in vitalia capitis 
ven erat. Id. Vitalia arborum. Lucret. 
Vitalia rerum, h. e. principia vitas.- 
IT Also, having a real life or really resem¬ 
bling life. Cic. Cui potest esse vita vi- 
talis, ut ait Ennius, cui non, &c. who can 
be truly said to live, that does not, &c. —— 
IT Also, that can live long, of long life, 
long-lived. Plaut. Si esse salvum me 
vis, aut vitalem tibi. Horat. O puer, 
ut sis vitalis, metuo.-IT Vitalis lec- 
tus, the funeral couch. Petron. 42 (ac¬ 
cording to others, that which a man used 
when alive). Id. Vitalia, h. e. the fune¬ 
ral couch and its coverings. 
VITaLITaS (vitalis), sitis, f. vital power 
2 or force, life, vitality, rd fSiwriKOv, gu>- 
tlkov. Plin. in corde. 
VIT aLITER (Id.), adv. vitally, with life, 
3 ga>TiK(3s. Lucret. 
VITATI5 (vito), onis, f. a shunning, 
avoiding, avoidance, evXaf3eui, cKtpvyfi. 
Cic. doloris. Id. Qua: vitatio oculo- 
rum, lucis, urbis, fori? 
VITeLLIajNuS, a, um, adj. Vitellian, of 
Vitellius, named from Vitellius, &c. Ta¬ 
cit. partes. Id. milites. Id. Vitelliani (ab- 
so!.).-IT Vitelliani, orum, m. absol. 
also, a kind of writing tablets. Martial. 
VITeLLINOS (vitellus), a, um, adj. 
3 of a calf or little calf. Plaut. fragm. 
caro. Apic. Viteilina, sc. caro. 
VITeLLIOS, a, um, adj. a Roman gentile 
3 name. - it Adj. Vitellian. Sueton. 
via. - IT Subst. Vitellius, the ninth 
Roman emperor. Sueton. 
VITeLLUM, i, n. same as Vitellus, the 
yolk. Apic. Ovorum vitella. 
VITELLOS (dimin. from vitulus), i, m. 
'' u ’j'tle calf, as a term of endearment. 
Plaut.-- - IT Also, the yolk of an egg, 
\cki%s, r'&'iW 5 '' T °i> “on. Cels. 5vi 
et album et vA ellus in vas defender)- 
dum est. />etmix Plllg ' ussima , ficedula 
piperato vitello ciiX l ", ldata ' < -‘ c - Pum 
ille, Nihilne, inquit, 2® , 
VITfiOS (vitis), a, unO adj ' of the vwe ’ 
3 viny, auneXivds. VaT r - coliculus. 
Virg. pocuia, h. e. winc.'ff udenL rura > 
h. e, vitibus consita. \ 
970 i 
VITeX, Icis, f. Abraham’’s-balm, the chaste 
tree (Vitex agnus castus, L.), ayuos, 
Xvyog. Plin. — The word is perhaps 
allied with vieo, vitis, vitilis, and the i 
may he long. 
VITIaBILIS (vitio), e, adj. corruptible, 
3 violable. Prudent. 
VITIARIUM (vitis), ii, n. a place when 
2 young vines are reared before being trans¬ 
planted into the vineyard; a nursery of 
vines, dpneXdiv, dpmXoLpvrov. Varr. 
VITIATI5 (vitio), onis, f. corruption, 
2 violation, (pdopa , iiatpOopd. Senec. 
VITIATOR (Id.), oris, m. a violator, cor- 
-ifhtpter, (pdooev j. Senec. 
VITICARPIFhRiE (vitis & carpo), forci- 
3 pes. Varr. ap. Priscian. Detotonderat 
forcipibus viticarpjferis, h. e. that serve 
for pruning a vine. 
VITICeLLa, te, f. a kind of herb. Isidor. 
VITIC5LA (vitis & colo), at, m. and f. a 
3 cultivator of vines. Sil. 
VITICSMOS (vitis & como), a, um, adj. 
3 crowned with vine-leaves. Avien. Et cum 
viticomo crinem tondere Lyteo. - 
IT Also, supporting vines, hung with vine- 
leaves. Sidon. Viticomam retinens ba¬ 
cilli vice flectit ad ulmum. 
VITICbLA (dimin. of vitis), a:, f. a little 
vine, dpireXls- -IT Also, of any climb¬ 
ing plant, a tendril, KXqpdnov. Cic. — 
Plin. Frutex est folio liedera, molliore 
tamen, et minus longis viticulis. Pullad. 
Aliqui florem cucumeris cum viticula: 
sua: capite cannte inserunt. 
VITIFER (vitis & fero), era, erum, adj. 
2 that bears or supports vines. Pallad. ar- 
bores.-IT Also, bearing or producing 
vines, dpireXoQopos. Martial. 11 tec de 
vitifera venisse picata Vienna, ne dubi- 
tes. Plin. Colles vitiferi. Sil. Vitiferi sa- 
cro generatus vertice montis Massicus. 
VITIGENOS (vitis & gigno), a, um, adj. 
3 same ;fs Vitigineus; as, Lucret. liquor, 
h. e. wine. Id. Vitigeni latices. 
VITIGINeOS (vitis), a, um, adj. of or 
2 pertaining to a vine, produced from the 
vine, apneXivoy. Cato. Vitiginei sur- 
culi. Colum. Foliis vitiginea. Plin. 
ligna. Id. Vitigineae columns. 
VITILeNA (vitium & lena), s, f. a vile 
3 bawd. Plaut. Ilia hanc corrumpit mu- 
lierem maiesuada vitilena. 
VITILIG5 (vitium), Inis, f. a kind of lep- 
2' rosy or cutaneous eruption consisting of 
spots, sometimes black, sometimes white, 
called the morphew, dX(j>ds, peXas, Xeiuy ; 
also, in general, a cutaneous eruption. 
Cels, arid Plin. 
VITILIS (vieo), e, adj. made of twigs, or 
2 osiers, or any flexible wood; uXcktos. 
Cato, polavitilia. Varr. Vitiles (alvos 
apum)‘f\mo bubulo obiinunt. Plin. Cu- 
curbita omni rnodo fastigatur, vaginis 
maxime vitilibus. Id. Vitiles cists. Id. 
Vitiles naves corio cireumsuts, coracles. 
Id. Vitilis circulus. — Hence, absol. 
Vitilia, platted things, wicker work, as 
baskets, &c. Plin. 
VITILITIGaTOR (vitilitigo), oris, m. a 
3 litigious or quarrelsome person; an ill- 
natured critic; a calumniator, detractor, 
avKOLpavrqg. Plin. 
VITILiTIGS (vitium & litigo), as, a. 1. 
3 to wrangle, quarrel; to blame, censtere, de¬ 
tract, calumniate, aVKOfpavreco. Cato ap. 
Plin. 
VITINfiuS (vitis), a, um, adj. of a vine 
3 dpireXivog. Flor. Per fauces cavi mon¬ 
tis vitineis delapsi vinculis. (Al. leg. 
viligineis, al. aliter.) 
VITI5 (vitium), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
spoil, mar, corrupt, infect, taint, vitiate, 
LpSelpco. Ovid. Dira lues quondam La- 
tias vitiaverat auras. Id. Striges viti- 
ant cunis corjiora. Id. Et careant loliis 
oculos vitiantibus agri. Id. Oculi viti- 
antes omnia visu. Id. Amnis, qui fue- 
rat dulcis, salibus vitiatur amaris. Id. 
Ista decens facies longis vitiabitur 
annis. Colum. Vi.vdurn concepta in 
alvo vitiat ova. Martial. Vitrei cal ices 
nimium calidis non vitiantur aquis. 
Pallad. Boves aliqua offensa vitiantur. 
Colum. Sspius inspiciat ferramenta, si- 
quod in opere vitiatum fuerit. Cels 
Ossa vdtiata. Terent. Virginem vitias- 
ti, quam te jus non fuerat tangere, you 
have violated. Sueton. Ad vitianda3 
virgines promptior. Cic. Luculli uxo- 
rem Memmius suis sacris vitiavit (oth- 
