Vitus

See also: vitus

English

Etymology

Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.

Proper noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Vitus Lake

Wikipedia

Vitus

1. (historical) A male given name from Latin.
2. A lake in Alaska.

Derived terms

• vitusite
• St. Vitus' dance
• St. Vitus Cathedral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

male given name

Catalan: Guiu (ca) m Czech: Vít (cs) m French: Vital (fr) m German: Veit (de) m Italian: Vito (it) m Marathi: व्हिटस m (vhiṭas) Sicilian: Vitu m, Vita f Spanish: Vito (es)

Faroese

Proper noun

Vitus m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Vitus: Vitusarson or Vitusson
• daughter of Vitus: Vitusardóttir or Vitusdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Vitus
accusative	Vitus
dative	Vitusi
genitive	Vitusar

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈviːtʊs]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Vi‧tus

Proper noun

Vitus

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Vitus

Declension

Declension of Vitus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Vitus	die	Vitusse
genitive	eines	des	Vitus	der	Vitusse
dative	einem	dem	Vitus	den	Vitussen
accusative	einen	den	Vitus	die	Vitusse

Derived terms

• variants and pet forms: Veit, Veith

Related terms

• Sankt Vith