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* vĭtĭlēna, ae, f. [vitium-lena; cf. vitilitigator], a bawd, procuress: malesuada, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 56 MSS. (Ritschl, invitam lena; Lorenz, viti malesuada plena, ex conj. Speng.).

vĭtĭlīgo, ĭnis, f. [vitium], a kind of cutaneous eruption, tetter, Cels. 5, 28, 19; Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 369 Müll.; Plin. 20, 15, 59, § 165; 21, 19, 75, § 129; 22, 25, 74, § 156; Just. 36, 2, 12; App. Mag. p. 306, 14.

vītĭlis, e, adj. [vieo], platted, interwoven.

  1. I. Adj.: cola, Cato, R. R. 11, 2: alvi apum, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 16: cistae, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60: naves corio circumsutae, id. 7, 56, 57, § 206 et saep.
  2. II. Subst.: vītĭlia, ĭum, n., things platted, wicker-work, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 38; 21, 18, 69, § 114; 24, 9, 38, § 59.

* vĭtĭlītĭgātor, ōris, m. [vitium-litigator; cf. vitilena], a brawler, wrangler, Cato ap. Plin. praef. § 32; cf. vitilitigo.

* vĭtĭlītĭgo, āre, v. n. [vitium-litigo], to quarrel disgracefully, to brawl, wrangle to abuse, calumniate: scio ego, quae scripta sunt, si palam proferantur, multos fore qui vitilitigent, Cato ap. Plin. praef. § 30; cf. vitilitigator.