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De Vaan derives the word from an unattested *vītus, a back-formation of *dēvītus(“avoiding”), itself from dē-(“de-, away, from”) + Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-(“to chase, pursue”).
“vito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
(ambiguous) country life (the life of resident farmers, etc.: vita rustica
(ambiguous) country life (of casual, temporary visitors): rusticatio, vita rusticana
(ambiguous) to be alive: in vita esse
(ambiguous) to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive: vita or hac luce frui
(ambiguous) as long as I live: dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo
(ambiguous) if I live till then: si vita mihi suppeditat
(ambiguous) if I live till then: si vita suppetit
(ambiguous) the evening of life: vita occidens
(ambiguous) to depart this life: (de) vita decedere or merely decedere
(ambiguous) to depart this life: (ex) vita excedere, ex vita abire
(ambiguous) to depart this life: de vita exire, de (ex) vita migrare
(ambiguous) to take one's own life: se vita privare
(ambiguous) that is the way of the world; such is life: sic vita hominum est
(ambiguous) happiness, bliss: beata vita, beate vivere, beatum esse
(ambiguous) to live a life free from all misfortune: nihil calamitatis (in vita) videre
(ambiguous) a man's life is at stake, is in very great danger: salus, caput, vita alicuius agitur, periclitatur, in discrimine est or versatur
(ambiguous) the contemplative life of a student: vita umbratilis (vid. sect. VII. 4)
(ambiguous) to have attained to a high degree of culture: omni vita atque victu excultum atque expolitum esse (Brut. 25. 95)
(ambiguous) to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
(ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, quae est de vita et moribus (Acad. 1. 5. 19)
(ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
(ambiguous) a thing is taken from life: aliquid e vita ductum est
(ambiguous) a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
(ambiguous) a life defiled by every crime: vita omnibus flagitiis,vitiis dedita
(ambiguous) a life defiled by every crime: vita omnibus flagitiis inquinata
(ambiguous) character: natura et mores; vita moresque; indoles animi ingeniique; or simply ingenium, indoles, natura, mores
(ambiguous) the busy life of a statesman: vita occupata (vid. sect. VII. 2)
(ambiguous) private life: vita privata (Senect. 7. 22)
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 684