(adj.adv.) : vĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj.vitium
* Full of faults or defects, faulty, defective, bad, corrupt, etc.
* Lit. (very rare): pecus (with morbosum),Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 21: locus (corporis pecudum),i. e. diseased,Col. 7, 5, 6: nux,Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.
* Trop.
* In gen.: exemplum,Auct. Her. 2, 29, 46: suffragium,Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34: vitiosissimus orator,id. de Or. 3, 26, 103: antiquarii,Suet. Aug. 86: consul,chosen contrary to the auspices,Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 84; cf.: quaeque augur injusta nefasta vitiosa dira deixerit, inrita infectaque sunto, XII. Tab ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21.—Subst.: vĭtĭōsa, ōrum, n., misfortune, ruin: sinistra dum non exquirimus, in dira et in vitiosa incurrimus,Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29.
* In partic., morally faulty, wicked, depraved, vicious, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 2: si quem conventum velit, Vel vitiosum, vel sine vitio; vel probum vel improbum,Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 8: si qui audierunt philosophos, vitiosi essent discessuri,Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77: vitiosa et flagitiosa vita,id. Fin. 2, 28, 93: vitiosas partes rei publicae exsecare,id. Att. 2, 1, 7.— Comp.: progenies vitiosior,Hor. C. 3, 6, 48.—Sup.: inter summam vitiorum dissimulationem vitiosissimus,Vell. 2, 97, 1.— Hence, adv.: vĭtĭōsē, faultily, defectivelay, badly, corruptly.
* Prop.: vitiose se habet membrum tumidum,Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19.
* Trop.: ferre res bonas (sc. leges),Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 10: concludere (opp. recte), id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Sup.: usurpare,Col. 4, 24, 15.