vitta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitta.

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

• Ivatt

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Latin

Alternative forms

• weta, witta (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Latin vieō.

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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.