vitta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitta.

Noun

vitta (plural vittae)

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

Latin

Alternative forms

weta, witta (Medieval)

Etymology

From Latin vieō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwit.ta/, [ˈwɪt.ta]

Noun

vitta f (genitive vittae); first declension

band, ribbon
fillet, chaplet

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vitta	vittae
genitive	vittae	vittārum
dative	vittae	vittīs
accusative	vittam	vittās
ablative	vittā	vittīs
vocative	vitta	vittae

Descendants

English: vitta
Galician: fita
Italian: vitta, vetta, vita
Old French: vete
Portuguese: beta, fita, guita

Romanian: bată
Sicilian: vitta
Spanish: beta, veta

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

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