vitex

See also: Vitex

English

Etymology

From the genus name Vitex, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vītex.

Noun

vitex (usually uncountable, plural vitexes)

1. Any of several species of the genus Vitex.
2. Especially, , native to Pacific seashores in Asia and Oceania, widely introduced in similar environments.

Synonyms

• (Vitex rotundifolia): beach vitex

Further reading

• vitex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vitex rotundifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vitex rotundifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vitex rotundifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Latin

Etymology

Of Proto-Indo-European origin. Related to vieō and vītis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.teks/, [ˈu̯iːt̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.teks/, [ˈviːt̪eks]

Noun

vītex f (genitive vīticis); third declension

1. chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus (a small Mediterranean tree)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vītex	vīticēs
Genitive	vīticis	vīticum
Dative	vīticī	vīticibus
Accusative	vīticem	vīticēs
Ablative	vītice	vīticibus
Vocative	vītex	vīticēs

Descendants

• English: vitex
• Italian: vetrice
• Romanian: vetrice
• Translingual: Vitex

References

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