vitus

See also: Vitus

Estonian

Noun

vitus

1. inessive singular of vitt

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *witus, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”). Compare Ancient Greek ἴτυς (ítus, “felloe”), Albanian vithe.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.tus/, [ˈu̯iːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.tus/, [ˈviːt̪us]

Noun

vītus m (genitive vītūs); fourth declension

1. felloe

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vītus	vītūs
genitive	vītūs	vītuum
dative	vītuī	vītibus
accusative	vītum	vītūs
ablative	vītū	vītibus
vocative	vītus	vītūs

References

• vitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.