[Vitium]; Menda; Mendum; Labes; Macula. Vitium (from αὐάτη, ἄτη), denotes any fault; menda (μάτη), a natural fault, especially of the body, a blemish, like βλάβη; mendum, a fault committed, especially in writing, a blunder or mistake, like ἁμάρτημα; labes (λώβη), a degrading fault, a stain of ignominy, like λύμη; macula (dimin. from μῶκος), a disfiguring fault, a blot, like κηλίς. (v. 319.)
Vituperare, see [Reprehendere].
Vivax, Vividus, see [Vigens].
Virus, see [Toxicum].
Vivus, see [Vigens].
[Vix]; Ægre. Vix (ἧκα) means scarcely, and refers, like σχολῇ, only to a thing that was near not taking place, in opp. to omnino non, Cic. Att. iii. 23; whereas ægre means with much ado, like μόλις and λόγις, and refers to the agent, who is in a state of anxiety as to whether he shall succeed or fail, in opp. to facile, Cic. Sen. 20. (iii. 94.)
Vocabulum, see [Verbum].
Vocare, see [Nominare].
Vociferari, see [Clangere].
[Volucres]; Aves; Alites. Volucres (from ἑλίξαι) means whatever flies, including winged insects, like πτηνός; whereas aves and alites mean only birds; avis (ἀετός) as a general term in natural history for any bird, like ὄρνις; ales (from ala) as a select expression only for a larger bird, like οἰωνός, especially the eagle, and alites is used in the language of the augurs as a technical term for those birds whose flight must be observed and interpreted, in opp. to oscines, or those birds whose song and cry must be interpreted. Ovid, Art. Am. iii. 410. Jovis in multis devolat ales aves. Hor. Od. iv. 2, 2. 4. Virg. Æn. xii. 247. Cic. N. D. ii. 64. (v. 207.)