English

Noun

vitta ‎(plural vittae)

1. (zoology) A longitudinal stripe
2. (botany) An oil tube in the fruit of some plants

Latin

Etymology

From Latin vieō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwit.ta/, [ˈwɪt.ta]

Noun

vitta f ‎(genitive vittae); first declension

1. band, ribbon
2. fillet, chaplet

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• vitta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vitta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.