English → Latin
“viciously” in Latin
vitiōsusfull of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt; morally faulty, wicked, depraved, viciousturpisugly, unsightly; foul, filthy; cacophonous, disagreeable; base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgracefuflāgitiōsusshameful, disgraceful, scandalous; profligate, dissolutescelerōto defile, contaminate, pollute
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
viciously
vitiose (faultily): turpiter: flagitiose. (The words are found in this connection and order.) flagitiose et turpiter: scelerate (basely, with moral turpitude).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for viciously?
- The usual Latin words for “viciously” are vitiōsus, turpis, flāgitiōsus; also scelerō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.