A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Vicissitudo,-inis (s.f.III), abl. sg. vicissitudine: change within a given sphere, reversal, vicissitude; regular succession or alternation; mutual action and reaction, reciprocation (Glare); vicissitude, (unwelcome or unpleasant) change of circumstances or fortune; change, alternation, variability, changability, fluctuation; alternation between opposite or contrasting things;

- verum praestantiae hujus coloris officit, quod aëris vicissitudines & solem non bene ferat, quod Theophrastus jam observavit, Plinius vero perperam scripsît, elui non posse (Dill.), nevertheless, reality interferes with excellence of this color, because it may not well endure the vicissitudes of the air and sun, which Theophrastus already observed, Pliny certainly incorrectly wrote that it was not possible to be rinsed off.