vitta

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See also: Vitta and vittâ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitta.

Pronunciation

Noun

vitta (plural vittae)

  1. A fillet, or garland for the head.
  2. (zoology) A longitudinal stripe.
  3. (botany) An oil tube in the fruit of some plants.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vieō.

Pronunciation

Noun

vitta f (genitive vittae); first declension

  1. band, ribbon
  2. fillet, headband, chaplet

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vitta vittae
Genitive vittae vittārum
Dative vittae vittīs
Accusative vittam vittās
Ablative vittā vittīs
Vocative vitta vittae

Descendants

  • Catalan: veta
  • English: vitta
  • Italian: vitta, vetta
  • Old French: vete
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Old Spanish:
  • Sicilian: vitta
  • Vulgar Latin: *bitta
    • Eastern Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Old Spanish:
  • Vulgar Latin: *vittula (diminutive)

References

  • vitta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vitta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.