English
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
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯it.ta/, [ˈu̯ɪt̪ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvit.ta/, [ˈvit̪ːä]
Noun
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Inflection
Descendants
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.