VIT 
VIT 
VIT 
ers read initiavit, but the general sense 
of the passage is the same). Id. diem, to 
cause a day not to he used for public busi¬ 
ness ; to cause a cessation of public business 
on a certain day ; and so as it were to spoil 
the day. -IT Also, to falsify, corrupt. 
Liv. Senatusconsulta arbitrio consul urn 
* supprimebantur, vitiabanturque, were 
falsified or altered. Pandect. Non solent, 
qu® abundant, vitiare scripturas. Lie. 
memoriam. Id. Vitiat® significations 
comitiorum.-IT Also, to hinder, in¬ 
terrupt, destroy. Messal. ap. Ocll. au- 
spicia. 
VITIoSe (vitiosus), adv. in a faulty rnanm 
ner, faultily, incorrectly, badly, ko,k£> f.! 
Cic. Vitiose concludere. Id. Illud vero 
idem Ciecilius vitiosius, sc. dixit. Co- 
lum. Quod etiam usurpari vitiosissime, 
animadverto. Cic. Menibrum tumidum 
ac turgidum non vitiose se liabet ? It. e. 
in a bad state or condition. - IT Also, 
faultily as regards the auspices. Cic. 
Vitiose ferre leges. 
VITjoSITaS (Id.), atis, f. viciousness, 
depravity, xania. Cic. -IT Also, cor¬ 
ruption, defect, disorder. Macrob. 
VITIoSOS (vitium), a, um, adj. full of 
faults, blemishes, or defects, faulty, bad, 
corrupt, defective, xaxo;, <pav\os. Plaut. 
Non egoemam nunc vitam tuam vitiosa 
nuce, rotten, worm-eaten, empty. Cic. 
Vitiosum suffragium. A act. ad Hcrenn. 
Vitiosum exemplum. Cic. Vitiosissi- 
mus orator, .A. e. vitio aliquo corporis 
laborans. Farr. Morbosum pecus, et 
vitiosum, diseased. Colum. Vitiosum 
locum (sc. corporis) pecudes ant morsu 
scalpunt, aut cornu, vel ungula tun- 
dunt.- IT Hence, faulty as respects 
the auspices, done or made contrary to the 
auspices. Cic. Quamdiu tu voles, vitio¬ 
sus consul Dolabella: rursus cum vo¬ 
les, salvis auspiciis creatus, A. c. elected 
contrary to the auspices. Id. In dira et 
vitiosa incurrimus.-IT Also, as re¬ 
gards the mind and character, faulty, 
wicked, depraved, vicious, bad, irovypbs, 
pox^yobs. Cic. Vitiosa etflagitiosa vata. 
Id. Si qui audierunt philosophos, vitiosi 
essent discessuri. Cato ap. Ocll. Ava- 
l'itiam omnia vitia habere putabant: 
sumptuosus, cupidus, elegans, vitiosus, 
irritus qui liabebatur, is laudabatur. 
Fella. Homo in omnia pecunite, quam 
recte faciendi, cupidior, et inter sum- 
mam vitiorum dissimulationem vitio- 
sissimus. Martial. Mentitur, qui te 
vitiosum, Zoile, dicit: non vitiosus 
homo es, Zoile, sed vitium. Ilorat. 
A3tas parentum pejor avis tulit nos ne- 
quiores, mox daturos progeniem vitiosi- 
orem. Also, otherwise faulty. Suet,on. 
Oacozelos, et antiquarios, ut diverso 
genere vitiosos, pari fastidio sprevit. 
ViTlS (vieo), is, f. a vine, ap-eXu;. Plin. 
Vites jure apud priscos magnitudine 
quoque inter arbores numerabantur. 
Firg. Populus Alcidte gratissima, vitis 
Iaccho. Cic. Vitis, qu;e natura caduca 
est, et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur, 
ut se erigat, claviculis suis, quasi rnani- 
bus, quidquid est naota, coinpi'ehendit: 
quam serpentein multiplici lapsu, et er- 
ratico, ferro ainputans coercet ars agri- 
colarum. Firg. Lent® texunt ura- 
bracula vites. Id. Pone ordine vites, 
plant, set.. Id. Vitis ut arboribus de- 
cori est,ut vitibus uv®. Id. Vites pr®- 
valid®, multoque fluentes Baccho. Id. 
Vites aim®. Tibull. and Martial, te- 
ner te. Juvenal, fecund®. Ovid. De 
purpnreis collect® vitibus uv®. Id. 
Carpite de plenis pendentes vitibus 
ttvas. Catull. Vitis vidua, A. e. sine 
fulcimento ulmi.' Colum. Vitis alba, 
nigra, &c. A. e. albas, nigras uvas fe- 
rens. — Hence, from resemblance, Plin. 
Vitis nigra, a plant, black bryony. Id. 
Vitis alba, white bryony, otherwise called 
ampeloleuce; so, Ovid, (plur.) Vitibus al- 
bis. Also, Vitis, wine. Martial. Ipsetua 
pasci vite, Ly®e velis.-IT Also, the 
branch of a vine, a vine sapling. Farr. 
Hence, a vine-branch, a vine sapling cut 
cut off for use, as for a staff of office, 
such, for instance, as was used by cen¬ 
turions in scourging the soldiers under 
their command. Ovid. Dux bonus huic 
centum commisitvite regendos. Lucan. 
Latiam longo gerit ordine vitem. Liv. 
Epit. Quern militem extra ordinem de- 
prehendit, si Romanus esset, vitibus; 
si extraneus, fustibus cecidit. Juvenal. 
Nodosam post lnec frangebat vertice 
vitem, si lentus pigra muniret castra 
dolabra. Hence, the office of a centurion. 
Juvenal. Aut vitem posce libello. Sil. 
L®vinus vitis Latise pr®signis honore. 
— Also, any young shoot. Pallad. (of a 
cucumber, and also, of a gourd). - 
IT Also, same as Finea ; a defensive ma- 
chine used by besiegers. Lucid. 
ViTfSATOR (vitis & sator), oris, m. a 
3 sower or planter of vines. Firg. 
,VITfUM; (unc.), ii, n. injury, hurl, vio¬ 
lence.. uterent. Cui miser® indigne per 
vim vitnim obtulerat, Ac had offered vio¬ 
lence ; lie had violated. Id. virginis, the 
violation. - IT Hence, a flaw, crack, 
chink. Cic. Si ®des e® corruerunt, vi- 
tiumve fecerunt, A. e. have cracked; 
have chinked. Id. in parietibus. - 
IT Also, whatever is defective, wrong, or 
faulty in any thing; a defect, fault, blemish, 
flaw, imperfection, corruption; any thing 
amiss, 6\a/3y, xaxoryg, xaxla. Firg. Illis 
omne per ignem excoquitur vitium, at- 
que exsudat inutilis humor. Id. Vitio 
moriens sitit aeris herba. Cic. in cor- 
pore. Id. Vitia in dicente videre. Ovid. 
Aqu® capiunt vitium, spoil. In vitio 
esse, to be faulty ; a3, Cic. Elatio animi 
in vitio est. Also, Cic. In vitio esse, 
to be in fault ; to commit a fault. Tcrcnt. 
Vitio vertere alieni, or ducere, or, Cic. 
dare, A. e. to attribute as a fault; to im¬ 
pute as a fault. Plin. Vitio esse, to be 
reckoned as a fault. Plant. Vitium ali- 
cui dicere, to reproach ; to revile. Cic. 
Sull. 8. Vitium sileretur, reproachful 
word (si lectio certa). — Hence, a 
moral fault, vice, vicious conduct. Cic. 
Non vitium, sed erratum. Id. ventris. 
Ilorat. Vitium fugere. Hence, Vitia, 
for vicious persons. Juvenal. 2, 34. Vitia 
ultima. — Also, a hinderance, impedi¬ 
ment. Cic. Div. 2,18. comitiorum. Es¬ 
pecially, a hinderance or impediment occa¬ 
sioned by the auspices or auguries, as 
when an angursees lightning, by which 
the holding of the comitia was stopped ; 
a defect in the auspices or an informality 
in taking them; a had omen or any circum¬ 
stance happening which was thought inaus¬ 
picious or unlucky, and therefore prevent¬ 
ed a thing from being done, or rendered 
it invalid when done; an impediment in 
augury. Cic. Id igitur obvenit vitium, 
quod tu jam Cal. Jan. futurum esse 
pr®videras. Id. P. Olodius, ejusque 
collega classes maximas perdiderunt, 
cum vitio riavigassent, A. e. neglecta 
auspiciorum religione. Hence, Vitio, 
contrary to the auspices; unfavorably; 
as, Cic. Recordatum esse, vitio sibi ta- 
bernaculum captum fuisse. Id. Vitio 
creatos consules esse. — Also, a fault, 
h. e. a cause of any thing being done 
wrong. Plant. Vitio vini feci. Cic. 
Vitio civitatis, non suo. Id. Fortun® 
vitio. — Also, inconvenience. Cces. tem- 
pestatis et sentin®. — Also, the bad or 
useless part, of a thing, as of a plum. 
Plin. (A. e. the kernel.) 
VTT5 (nnc.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to shun, 
avoid, eschew, endeavor to escape, beware 
of, ixxXivw, (pevyo. Ilorat. Sapiens, 
vitatu, quidque petitu sit melius, causas 
reddet tibi. Cas. Prcclio excedere, ac 
tela vitare. Id. fuga mortem. JVepos. 
suspiciones, A. e. cavere, ne male de 
nobis homines suspicentur. Sallust. 
proditionem celeritate. Phicdr. insidias. 
Id. lucrum periculosum. Sueton. impati- 
entiam nause®, et molestiam navigan- 
di. Cic. Erit in enumeratione vitan- 
dum, ne ostentatio memorire suscepta 
videatur esse puerilis, A. e■ cavendum. 
Also, with a dat.. Plaut. Domum abe- 
ant, vitent ancipiti infortunio. Id. Sem¬ 
per tu huic verbo vitato abs tuo viro, 
A. c. cave, ne aliqnando abs tuo viro 
hoc verbum tibi dicatur. Horat. Non 
horam tecum esse potes, non otia recte 
ponere, teque ipsum vitas fugitivus et 
erro, A. c. you are dissatisfied with your¬ 
self. -IT Also, to avoid, h. e. to escape. 
Liv. odium plebis. Cces. mortem. Cic. 
aliquern. Id. casum. Id. oculos ho- 
minum. 
YITRaRTX, ®, f. same as Fitriaria. 
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VITRaRTOS (vitrum), ii, m. a worker »* 
2 glass,jrlass-maker, iaXovpybg. Senec. 
VITREaMEN (Id.), inis, n. glass ware. 
Pandect. 
VTT'RkaRT S, ii, m. same as Filrarius. 
VITREaTOS (vitrum), a, um, adj. same 
as Pellucidus. Lucrct. 3, 410 (but Ed. 
Creech lias vivata). 
VITRKOLiiS (dimin. of vitreus), a, um, 
3 adj. of glass. Paulin. JVolan. 
VITREOS (vitrum), a, um, adj. of glass, 
2 vaXivog. Ovid, hostis, and. Martial. 
latro, a chessman. Colum. Vasa vitrea. 
Juvenal. Vitreus Priapus, A. e. calix 
Priapum referens. Plence, absol. plur. 
Vitrea, orum, vessels made of glass, 
glass vessels. Martial. Qui pallentia 
sulpliurata fractis permutat vitreis. 
Stut. Plebs comminutis permutat vitreis 
gregale sulphur. - H Also, glassy, 
like glass. (1.) As respects its glittering 
appearance ; hence, shining, glittering. 
Firg. Te nemns Angiti®, vitrea te 
Fucinus unda, te liquidi Severe lacus. 
Ovid. Vitreo madentia rore tempora 
noctis eunt. Id. Vitrea pruina. Id; 
Vitrea antra, scil. Nniadum sub flu- 
minibus. Firg. Vitrea sedilia. Horat. 
Vitrea Circe, A. e. beautiful. — (2.) As 
regards its transparency ; hence, trans¬ 
parent, pellucid. Farr, toga, thin, fine. 
— (3.) As regards its brittleness ; hence 
frail, uncertain, inconstant, precarious 
Ilorat. Et furiosus erit quern cepit vitrea 
fama. Publ. Syrus in Mini. Fortuna 
vitrea est, dum splendet, frangitur. — 
(4.) As regards its color; hence, green, 
sea-trreen. Plin. color. 
VITPAaRIX, or VITRaRTX, ®, f. sc 
3 herba, parietary. Apul. 
VITRIaRTOS, ii, m. same as Filrarius. 
VITRICuS (tine.), i, m. a step-father, 
naTpatos. Cic. Vitricus quidetn nihil 
censebat, quem Astur® vidimus. Ovid. 
Am. 1, 2, 24. Vitricus (sc. Cupidinis), 
A. e. Fulcan. 
VITRUM (unc.), i, n. glass, va\og. Cic., 
Ilorat, &c. •—— if Also, an herb used for 
dyeing a blue color, woad (Isatis tincto- 
ria, L.). Cas. (also called glastum, and 
isatis. Plin.) 
VITTX (unc.), ®, f. a band with which 
hair, flowers, &c. are bound.— Hence, 
a chaplet or fillet for the head, a head-band , 
raivla. For example, of victims. Firg. 
Et sals® fruges, et circum tempora vit- 
ts. Thus, also, Juvenal. Pueris, vel 
frontibus ancillarum imponet vittas, 
A. e. ar® destinabit. Also, of priests 
and priestesses. Firg. and Fal. Flaec. 
So, also, of other sacred persons, as po¬ 
ets, &c. Firg. — Especially, of free¬ 
born women, a sort of cap; either of an 
unmarried woman, Ovid. ; or, of a mar¬ 
ried woman or matron, Ovid. -IT Al¬ 
so, a fillet or vrreath for an altar. Firg. 
-IT Also, persons praying for protec¬ 
tion, mercy, help, &.C. carried vittce or fil¬ 
lets in their hands, which they wound 
round branches, that were carried as 
emblems of peace. Firg. Pr®ferimus 
manibus vittas, et verba precantia. 
Ilorat. Et decor® supplice vitta virgi- 
num mattes. Firg. Cui me fortuna 
precari, et vitta comptos voluit pr®ten- 
dere ramos. 
VITTaTOS (vitta), a, um, bound or 
2 adorned with a vitta or fillet, raiviwtieis. 
Ovid, capilli. Id. vacca. Lucan, sa- 
cerdos, A. c. virgo Vestal is. Plin. na¬ 
vis. Slat. Nec solit® mihi vertice lau- 
rus, nec fronti vittatus honos. 
VITuLX (vitulus), ®, f. a cow-calf under 
3 one year of age, pdexos, dajxdXy. Firg. 
Cum faciam vitula pro frugibus, ipse 
venito.-IT Also, generally, as, for 
example, one that has already calved, 
a heifer or young coic. Firg. Ego 
lianc 'vitulatn (ne forte recuses: bis 
venit ad mulctram, binos alit ubere 
fetus) depono. - IT Fitula is also 
the goddess of joy, according to Idyll, ap. 
Macrob. 
VIT0LXRIX via, a street in the territory of 
Arpinum. Cic. 
VIT0LXTI5 (vitulor), onis, f. a publi* 
3 thanksgiving for a victory or other festi¬ 
val. Macrob. 
VITilLINCS (vitulus), a, um, adj. of or 
pertaining to a calf or calves, poaxivaXog, 
pdcxsios. Cic. An tu, inquit, carun- 
