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
- Italian: vitta, vetta
- Old French: vete
- Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Galician: fita (probably)
- Portuguese: fita (probably), guita
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: veta
- Sicilian: vitta
- → English: vitta
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bitta
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: bată
- Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Portuguese: beta
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: beta
- Eastern Romance:
- ⇒ 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