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vitta

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See also: Vitta and vittâ

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vitta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin vieō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vitta f (genitive vittae); first declension

  1. band, ribbon
  2. fillet, headband, chaplet

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vitta vittae
genitive vittae vittārum
dative vittae vittīs
accusative vittam vittās
ablative vittā vittīs
vocative vitta vittae

Descendants

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  • Catalan: veta
  • English: vitta
  • Italian: vitta, vetta
  • Old French: vete
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Old Spanish:
  • Sicilian: vitta
  • Vulgar Latin: *bitta
    • Eastern Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Old Spanish:
  • Vulgar Latin: *vittula (diminutive)

References

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  • 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.

Old Norse

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Noun

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vitta

  1. genitive plural of vitt