vice Copy link Outline I. The principle or disposition1. vĭtiōsĭtas, ātis2. vĭtium (opp. virtus3. prāvĭtas, ātis (with some other word)4. turpĭtūdo5. lĭbīdo, etc.II. The act1. flāgĭtium (a shameful deed)2. vĭtium (prop., a flaw, defect3. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f., (usu. in pl.) • vice: I. The principle or disposition: 1. vĭtiōsĭtas, ātis: v. is the opposite of virtue, virtutis contraria est v., Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: cf. ib. 4, 13, 29. 2. vĭtium (opp. virtus: rare in this sense): to every virtue there is opposed by a contrary name a v., omni virtuti v. contrario nomine opponitur, id. Fin. 3, 12, 40. 3. prāvĭtas, ātis (with some other word): p. animi, Cic.: p. morum, Tac. H. 4, 44. 4. turpĭtūdo: v. baseness, meanness. 5. lĭbīdo, etc.: v. licentiousness (II.), wantonness: v. also wickedness. II. The act: 1. flāgĭtium (a shameful deed): to become addicted to so many v.s, in tot flagitia se ingurgitare, Cic. Pis. 18, 42: what v. has your whole body been free from? quod f. a toto corpore abfuit? id. Cat. 1, 6, 13: debaucheries and adulteries and every such v., stupra et adulteria et omne tale f., id. de Sen. 12, 40. 2. vĭtium (prop., a flaw, defect: not so strong as preced.): as rewards are fixed for virtues by the laws, so are punishments for v.s, legibus et praemia proposita sunt virtutibus et supplicia vitiis, id. de Or. 1, 58, 247 (cf. virtus est vitium fugere., Hor. Ep. 1, 1., 41): the v.s of gluttony and drunkenness, v. ventris et gutturis, Cic. Coel. 19, 44: polluted with v.s and crimes, vitiis et sceleribus contaminatus, id. de Consol. 6 (Fragm. No. 240, Nobbe): to be implicated in v.s, vitiis affinem esse, id. Inv. 2, 10, 33: to flee from v.s, a vitiis se abstinere, id. cf. declinare vitia, id. Off. 1, 6, 19: v. also fault. 3. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f., (usu. in pl.): to give oneself up to v.s, libidinibus se dedere., id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72.