"vitus" meaning in Latin

See vitus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈwiː.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈviː.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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)”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*weh₁y-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro||*weitus}} Proto-Italic *weitus, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*wéh₁itus}} Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itus, {{suf|ine-pro|*weh₁y-|*-tus|nocat=1|t1=to twist, to twine}} *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”) + *-tus, {{cog|grc|ἴτυς||felloe}} Ancient Greek ἴτυς (ítus, “felloe”), {{cog|sq|vithe||crupper (strap around a horse's rear)}} Albanian vithe (“crupper (strap around a horse's rear)”) Head templates: {{la-noun|vītus<4>}} vītus m (genitive vītūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vītus<4>}} Forms: vītus [canonical, masculine], vītūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vītus [nominative, singular], vītūs [nominative, plural], vītūs [genitive, singular], vītuum [genitive, plural], vītuī [dative, singular], vītibus [dative, plural], vītum [accusative, singular], vītūs [accusative, plural], vītū [ablative, singular], vītibus [ablative, plural], vītus [singular, vocative], vītūs [plural, vocative]
  1. felloe Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-vitus-la-noun-l8cObO~z Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
     
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