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vitis.

vine, grapevine

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwiː.tɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈviː.tis]

  1. vine, grapevine

    declension-3

  2. a vine staff, the baton or cane (made of grapevine) of a Roman centurion

    declension-3 · historical

  3. any vine

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis Proto-Italic *wītis Latin vītis Inherited from Proto-Italic *wītis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends; branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to twine, wind”) + *-tis (abstract or action suffix). Related to Latin vieō. Cognate with English withe.

noun[ˈwiː.tiːs]Classical-Latin[ˈviː.tis]

  1. dative/ablative plural of vīta

    ablative · dative · form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

Inflected form of vīta (“life”).

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