vitus

See also: Vitus

Estonian

Noun

vitus

1. inessive singular of vitt

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *weitus or *wītus, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itus, from *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”) +‎ *-tus. Compare Ancient Greek ἴτυς (ítus, “felloe”), Albanian vithe (“crupper (strap around a horse's rear)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.tus]

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.