flaw Copy link Outline 1. vĭtium2. mendum, menda v. BLEMISH. • flaw: 1. vĭtium: no f. in walls or roof, nihil in parietibus aut in tecto vitii, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, extr.: to contract a f., v. facere, Cic. Top. 3, 15. Fig.: there is a f. in the argument, v. est in argumento, Cic. 2. mendum, menda v. blemish.
FLAW Copy link • FLAW 1. s. Blemish, etc., vitium (general term). If there is no flaw, si nihil est vitii (in aliqua re): ☞ vitium is also a flaw in jewels (Plin.): sarcion (= quaedam gemmae caro, σαρκιον) was a particular kind of flaw in a diamond; Plin., 37, 5, 8. A gust of wind, impetus venti: turbo. Commotion of the mind (obsolete), vehementior animi concitatio: animi motus, impetus, ardor, animi permotio. Tumult; Vid: COMMATION. 2. v. Vid: To BREAK, CRACK.