vittea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Saxon *fittea, from Proto-West Germanic *fittju, from Proto-Germanic *fitjō, *fitī; compare Old English fitt ( > Modern English fit), German Fitze.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɪt.te.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvit.te.a]

Noun

vittea f (genitive vitteae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a fitt or section of an old Germanic poem
   • From the Praefatio in librum antiquum lingua Saxonica conscriptum (preface to the Old Saxon Heliand), likely 9th century (manuscript from 16th century):

     Juxta morem vero illius poematis omne opus per vitteas distinxit, quas nos lectiones vel sententias possumus appellare.

     According to the form of that poem he has divided the entire work into fitts, which we might call readings or chapters.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vittea	vitteae
genitive	vitteae	vitteārum
dative	vitteae	vitteīs
accusative	vitteam	vitteās
ablative	vitteā	vitteīs
vocative	vittea	vitteae