fault Copy link Outline 1. culpa, (the most gen. term)2. dēlictum (a graver word)3. vĭtium (strictly, a flaw, something unsound, a defect)4. peccātum (usu. of immorality5. noxa (gen. term, implying a fault amenable to law)6. măcŭla (a blemish7. menda, ae, f., and mendum, i, n. • fault: 1. culpa, (the most gen. term): that happened more from easiness than from any other f. of mine, magis id facilitate quam ulla alia c. mea contigit, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15: he indeed is not in f., is quidem non in c. est, Ter.: it is not my f., non factum est mea culpa, Ter.: the f. is yours, penes te c. est, Ter. 2. dēlictum (a graver word): v. offence. Similarly is used the verb: dēlinquo, līqui, lictum, 3: if I commit any f., si quid deliquero, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, extr.: Ter. 3. vĭtium (strictly, a flaw, something unsound, a defect): if there is no f. in the walls or roof, si nihil est in parietibus aut in tecto vitii, Cic. (v. flaw): it was all the f. of wine and love that I did it, vini vitio atque amoris feci, Pl. Aul. 4, 10, 18: to attribute it to any one as a f., vitio alicui vertere, Cic. Fam. 7, 6: no one is born without f.s, he is the best man who is loaded with the least ones, vitiis nemo sine nascitur; optimus ille est qui minimis urgetur, Hor. S. 1, 3, 68. 4. peccātum (usu. of immorality: v. sin): to claim and grant indulgence from f.s, peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 75: if there is any f. on my side, nostrum quidem si est p., Cic. Att. 7, 4, 7. Similarly the verb pecco, 1: if in my folly I commit any f., si quid peccâro stultus, Hor.: Cic. 5. noxa (gen. term, implying a fault amenable to law): under the designation of f. every offence is included, noxae appellatione omne delictum continetur, Gai. Dig. 50, 16, 238: to be in f., in noxa (al. noxia) esse, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 36: Liv.: to catch any one in f., aliquem in n. tenere, Pl. Cas. 2, 8, 71. 6. măcŭla (a blemish: q. v.): we look too much after money in old age; we ought to shun this f., nimium ad rem in senecta sumus; hanc m. nos decet effugere, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31: it is the taint and f. of this age to be envious of worth, est hujus seculi labes quaedam et m. virtuti invidere, Cic. Bal. 6, 15: a literary f., velut m. (in oratione nitida), Quint. 7. menda, ae, f., and mendum, i, n.: v. blemish. Phr.: all persons find f. with old age, omnes senectutem accusant, Cic. Sen. 2, 4: to find f. with the smallness of their pay, angustias stipendii incusare, Tac. Ann. 1, 35: therein you are not it is true altogether at f., but you are so in your dates, in eo non tu quidem tota re, sed temporibus errasti, Cic. Phil. 9, 23: Caesar (is) estranged from me without any f. of mine, Caesar a me nullo meo merito alienus (est), Cic. Sext. 17, 39: to have keener eyes for others f.s than for our own, magis in aliis cernere quam in nobismet ipsis si quid delinquitur, Cic.: when you are purblind for your own f.s, why have you such a keen eye for those of your friends? quum tua pervideas mala lippus inunctis, cur in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum? Hor. S. 1, 3, 25: it seemed to be Trebonius's f. that they were not masters of the town, stetisse per Treb. videbatur quominus oppido potirentur, Caes. B. C. 2, 13: to be at f., as hounds, nullum vestigium invenire (posse) Cic. Clu. 30, 82; vestigiis odorari (non posse), Cic. l. c.
FAULT Copy link • FAULTvitium (κακία, any physical or moral imperfection, as a quality, not punishable, but open to censure; hence also, of natural defects; e.g., of a body, of the organs of speech, oris, and even of grammatical faults, Vid: Quint., 1, 5, 5, sqq.): mendum (a blunder; in composition, etc.; but Ovid has also mendo facies caret): error: erratum (an errour committed from oversight, whether in a moral or a physical respect; hence of mistakes or faults in scientific or artistical matters, erratum fabrile, Vid: Cic., Att., 6, 1, 17; and error, in Quint., 1, 5, 47, of a grammatical fault. Opposed to erratum is recte factum and vitium, as quality, Vid: Cic., Cluent, 48, 133; non dicam vitium, sed erratum): lapsus (a slip): peccatum: delictum (an offence against either prudence or morality, errors, mistakes, sins; they are used by Cic. promiscuously; then also of grammatical errors, as Cic., Tusc., 3, 20, 47; paucis verbis tria magna peccata; compare with Quint., 1, 5, 47 and 49, where peccare and delinquere are used in the same sense). To commit a fault, errare, labi (to make a blunder, slip, etc.); peccare: peccatum admittere (to act wrong; peccare also of grammatical faults): a great or gross fault, turpissime labi in re: to pardon a fault that should be attributed to human infirmity, veniam errori humane dare: to be looked upon as a fault, vitio esse: to correct a fault, mendum, errorem, peccatum (with distinction above explained) corrigere: to correct a fault that one has committed, mendum tollere; errorem tollere: full of faults, vitiosus: mendosus: very full, in quo multa vitia insunt (e.g., of writings, with reference to grammatical errors, after Quint., 1, 5, 36); in quo multa perperam dicta sunt (with reference to the assertions made, etc.); mendosissime descriptus (with reference to the part of the copyist or printer): quick at seeing the faults of one’s neighbor, acrius videre vitium in alio: to see the faults of others, and be blind to one’s own, aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci suorum (Cic., Tusc., 3, 33, 73); magis in aliis cernere, quam in nobismet ipsis, si quid delinquitur (Cic., Off., 1, 41, 146); videre nostra mala non possumus; alii simul delinquunt, censores sumus (Phaedrus, 4, 10 (9), 5); aliorum vitia in oculis habemus, a tergo nostra (Sen., De Ir., 2, 28, 6); papulas observas alienas, ipse obsttus plurimis ulceribus (id., De vit. Beat., 27, 4); cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis, Cur in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum, Quam aut aquila aut serpens Epidaurius? (Hor., Sat., 1, 3, 25, sqq.): to impute anything to anybody as a fault, alicui aliquid vitio dare, ducere, vertere: to have slight faults, mediocribus vitiis teneri (†); many, vitiis excellere, abundare: having no faults [Vid: FAULTLESS]: to find fault with anybody for etc., vitio alicui dare, quod etc.: they find fault with me for being so distressed at anybody’s death, vitio mihi dant, quod alicujus mortem tam graviter fero (Cic.): all singers have this fault, omnibus hoc vitium est cantoribus (†): it is my fault, mea culpa est: it is entirely my own fault, culpa mea propria est: to confess that one was in fault, culpam or facinus in se admittere: to say that nobody was in fault but one’s self, in se transferre omnem culpam: anything was not my fault, aliquid non mea culpa factum est or evenit (Terentianus): to be fault, in culpa esse: to be considered in fault, in culpa poni: not to be in fault, carere culpo; abesse a culpa; esse extra culpam: to be equally in fault, simili esse in culpa: anybody is in fault, est culpa in aliquo: that was my fault, id culpa contigit mea: it is, was etc., no fault of mine, that etc., non fit meo vitio, ut etc.; non stetit per me, ut, etc.; non impedivi quominus (I did nothing to prevent it): it was his fault that... not etc., stetit per eum, quominus, etc. To be at fault, PROPR., of dogs; nullius ferae vestigium exstat (Curt.); *nulla jam vestigia cernere, animadvertere, etc.; *non jam odorari posse feram, etc. IMPROPR., confusum et incertum esse (of Hercules, when he was at fault, in consequence of Cacus’s trick, Liv., 1, 7): or by nulla exstant vestigia (e.g., ad quos pertinet facinus, Liv., 31, 12); or pendere animi or animo.