vitta

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See also: Vitta and vittâ

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin vitta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -ɪtə

Noun[edit]

vitta (plural vittae)

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

Anagrams[edit]

Ivatt

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

weta, witta (Medieval Latin)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vieō.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯it.ta/, [ˈu̯ɪt̪ːä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvit.ta/, [ˈvit̪ːä]

Noun[edit]

vitta f (genitive vittae); first declension

band, ribbon
fillet, headband, chaplet

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Catalan: veta
→ English: vitta
Italian: vitta, vetta
Old French: vete
Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Galician: fita (probably)
- Portuguese: fita (probably), guita
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: veta
Sicilian: vitta
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bitta
- Eastern Romance:
  - Romanian: bată
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
  - Portuguese: beta
- Old Spanish:
  - Spanish: beta
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *vittula (diminutive)
- → Albanian: vetull

References[edit]

“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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