vĭtĭlītĭgo

āre, v. n.

vitium-litigo

I. 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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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