vitilitigo
From LSJ
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
