vĭtŭpĕrātĭo (noun F) : 1. vitupero
* A blaming, censuring; blame, censure, vituperation (either given or received) (freq. and class.): communi vituperatione reprehendere,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46; so (opp. laus) Quint. 2, 4, 33; 3, 4, 12; 8, 6, 55 al. —Plur., Quint. 3, 4, 5: in vituperationem venire,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13: adductus erat in sermonem, invidiam, vituperationem,id. ib. 2, 3, 61, § 140: in vituperationem cadere,id. Att. 14, 13, 4: vituperationem vitare,id. Prov. Cons. 18, 44: esse alicui laudi potius quam vituperationi,id. Fam. 13, 73, 2: quod effugissem duas maximas vituperationes,id. Att. 16, 7, 5: et laudes et vituperationes scribebantur,Quint. 3, 4, 5; Cic. Brut. 12, 47.
* Transf., blameworthiness, blameworthy conduct: vituperatio atque infamia,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101.