wita

See also: witå

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English wīte.

Pronunciation

Noun

wīta f (genitive wītae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. a fine, an amercement, a mulct (a pecuniary penalty)
  2. a vendetta, a feud

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative wīta wītae
genitive wītae wītārum
dative wītae wītīs
accusative wītam wītās
ablative wītā wītīs
vocative wīta wītae

Synonyms

  • (fine, amercement, mulct): multa (Classical)

Derived terms

  • jūrō secundum wītam
  • plēna wīta
  • blōdwīta
  • chilwīta
  • ferdwīta
  • fintwīta
  • flitwīta
  • heingwīta
  • legerwīta
  • leirwīta
  • wardwīta

References

  • wita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “wita”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1,136/2

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʲita/

Verb

wita

  1. third-person singular present of witaś

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Germanic base: cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon giwito, Old High German wizo. Related to wit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwitɑ/

Noun

wita m (nominative plural witan)

  1. wise man, adviser, counsellor

Declension


Polish

Verb

wita

  1. third-person singular present of witać
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