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vitiositas

vitiositas · f

faultiness

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What it meant

vĭtĭōsĭtas — Lewis & Short

vĭtĭōsĭtas, ātis, f.vitiosus,

I faultiness, corruption, viciousness, vice. *
I Lit.: umoris, Macr. S. 7, 10, 10.—
II Trop. (Ciceron.): hujus virtutis contraria est vitiositas. Sic enim malo quam malitiam appellare eam, quam Graeci kaki/an appellant. Nam malitia certi cujusdam vitii nomen est, vitiositas omnium, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: vitiositas autem est habitus aut affectio in totā vitā inconstans et a se ipsa dissentiens, id. ib. 4, 13, 29.

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