[ˈwiː.tɪs], [ˈviː.tis]
OriginInherited from Proto-Italic *wītis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends; branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”). See Latin vieō and English withe.
- declension-3vine, grapevine
“vel psithia passos de vite racemos” — […] or dried clusters of grapes from Psithian vine[s]
“c. 160-220 C.E., Tertullian, De Judicio Domini, 22” — What makes a vine hang down richly with grapes
- declension-3, historicala vine staff, the baton or cane (made of grapevine) of a Roman centurion
- declension-3any vine
“Si eius [cucumeris] florem, sicut in vite sua est, in forma fictili clauseris ac ligaris, […]” — If you close and tie its [the cucumber plant's] flower in a clay mold, as it is on its own vine, […]
- ablative, dative, form-of, pluraldative/ablative plural of vīta
Formsvītis(canonical, feminine) · vītis(genitive) · vītis(nominative, singular) · vītēs(nominative, plural) · vītis(genitive, singular) · vītium(genitive, plural) · vītī(dative, singular) · vītibus(dative, plural) · vītem(accusative, singular) · vītēs(accusative, plural) · vītīs(accusative, plural) · vīte(ablative, singular) · vītibus(ablative, plural) · vītis(singular, vocative) · vītēs(plural, vocative) · vītīs(canonical)