vitilitigator

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Cato the Elder to describe his detractors (as attested by Pliny), from a compound of vitium (“fault, vice”) +‎ lītigātor (“disputant, litigant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

vitilītigātor m (genitive vitilītigātōris); third declension

  1. A captious critic or detractor.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vitilītigātor vitilītigātōrēs
genitive vitilītigātōris vitilītigātōrum
dative vitilītigātōrī vitilītigātōribus
accusative vitilītigātōrem vitilītigātōrēs
ablative vitilītigātōre vitilītigātōribus
vocative vitilītigātor vitilītigātōrēs

Further reading

  • “vitilitigator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vitilitigator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • vitilitigator in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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