Italian

Proper noun

Vito m

1. A male given name derived from Latin Vitus.

Anagrams

• voti

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Vitus.

Proper noun

Vito m

1. A male given name

Albanian

Alternative forms

• vido, vidua, vidja

Noun

vito f (indefinite plural vito, definite singular vitua, definite plural vitot)

1. woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)

Related terms

• vidë

Synonyms

• guak, gugash

Esperanto

vito

Noun

vito ‎(accusative singular viton, plural vitoj, accusative plural vitojn)

1. vine (climbing plant that produces grapes)

See also

• grimpoplanto
• vinberujo

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- ‎(“separate, set apart”), compound of *dwi- ‎(“two”) + *dʰeh₁- ‎(“to put”). Perhaps related to dīvidō ‎(“separate, sunder”), English wide.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.toː/

Verb

vītō ‎(present infinitive vītāre, perfect active vītāvī, supine vītātum); first conjugation

1. I avoid, evade
2. I shun

Inflection

Related terms

• ēvīto
• invītō
• vītābilis
• vītātiō

Descendants

• English: inevitable

References

• vito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vito”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) country life (the life of resident farmers, etc.: vita rustica
    
  • (ambiguous) country life (of casual, temporary visitors): rusticatio, vita rusticana
    
  • (ambiguous) to be alive: in vita esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive: vita or hac luce frui
    
  • (ambiguous) as long as I live: dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo
    
  • (ambiguous) if I live till then: si vita mihi suppeditat
    
  • (ambiguous) if I live till then: si vita suppetit
    
  • (ambiguous) the evening of life: vita occidens
    
  • (ambiguous) to depart this life: (de) vita decedere or merely decedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to depart this life: (ex) vita excedere, ex vita abire
    
  • (ambiguous) to depart this life: de vita exire, de (ex) vita migrare
    
  • (ambiguous) to take one's own life: se vita privare
    
  • (ambiguous) that is the way of the world; such is life: sic vita hominum est
    
  • (ambiguous) happiness, bliss: beata vita, beate vivere, beatum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to live a life free from all misfortune: nihil calamitatis (in vita) videre
    
  • (ambiguous) a man's life is at stake, is in very great danger: salus, caput, vita alicuius agitur, periclitatur, in discrimine est or versatur
    
  • (ambiguous) the contemplative life of a student: vita umbratilis (vid. sect. VII. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to have attained to a high degree of culture: omni vita atque victu excultum atque expolitum esse (Brut. 25. 95)
    
  • (ambiguous) to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
    
  • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, quae est de vita et moribus (Acad. 1. 5. 19)
    
  • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    
  • (ambiguous) a thing is taken from life: aliquid e vita ductum est
    
  • (ambiguous) a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
    
  • (ambiguous) a life defiled by every crime: vita omnibus flagitiis, vitiis dedita
    
  • (ambiguous) a life defiled by every crime: vita omnibus flagitiis inquinata
    
  • (ambiguous) character: natura et mores; vita moresque; indoles animi ingeniique; or simply ingenium, indoles, natura, mores
    
  • (ambiguous) the busy life of a statesman: vita occupata (vid. sect. VII. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) private life: vita privata (Senect. 7. 22)
    

Spanish

Noun

vito m ‎(plural vitos)

1. An Andalusian music style and dance.

Swahili

Noun

vito

1. plural of kito