vicious Copy link Outline I. Addicted to vice1. flāgĭtiōsus2. vĭtiōsus (not so strong as preced.3. perdĭtus, prōflīgatus4. prāvus, corruptus5. nēquam (indecl.)6. scĕlestus, scĕlĕrātus7. turpis, eII. FaultyIII. Of a horse, refractory • vicious: I. Addicted to vice: 1. flāgĭtiōsus: they are v. who with inflamed mind covet the pleasures of sexual love, f. sunt qui venereas voluptates inflammato animo concupiscunt, Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68. Also, opp. modestus, id. Am. 13, 47: v. also profligate. 2. vĭtiōsus (not so strong as preced.: prop. faulty, defective): if those who attended the lectures of philosophers were likely to leave them v., si qui audierunt (philosophos), v. essent discessuri, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77: cf. Hor. Od. 3, 6, 48. Join: v. et flagitiosa vita, Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93. 3. perdĭtus, prōflīgatus: v. profligate (adj.), unprincipled. 4. prāvus, corruptus: v. depraved. 5. nēquam (indecl.): Hor. Od. 3, 6, 47: v. good-for-nothing. 6. scĕlestus, scĕlĕrātus: v. wicked. 7. turpis, e: v. disgraceful, shameful. Phr.: a very v. life, vita vitiis flagitiisque omnibus dedita, Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 38: cf. vitiis, flagitiis, sceleribus obrutus (Georg.): to lead a v. life, impure ac flagitiose vivere, Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38: a v. disposition, animus libidini deditus, Cic. Coel. 19, 45: v. expressions, turpiter et flagitiose dicta, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227. [For a v. act, v. vice (II.).] II. Faulty: q. v. III. Of a horse, refractory: q. v.: contŭmax.