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vitis

grape-vine

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 39 · 4.95/10k
Georgicon 5 · 3.53/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 2 · 2.64/10k
De agri cultura 4 · 2.56/10k
Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
Commentariolum Petitionis 1 · 2.3/10k
Eclogues 1 · 2.2/10k
Ars Amatoria 3 · 2.02/10k
Amores 3 · 1.92/10k
Naturalis Historia 74 · 1.87/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.5/10k

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. vitis — de Vaan

vitis 'grape-vine' [f. i] (Enn.+) Derivatives: vitilis 'made of wickerwork' (Cato+), viteus 'of a vine' (Varro+), vitigineus Of a vine or its wood' (Cato+), vitidrium 'nursery for vines' (Cato+), Pit. *witi-, PIE *uhii-ti-. IE cognates: see s.v. vied. vitium Derivative in *-//- from the root *uh r i- 'to weave, wrap', hence 'weaving'. Compare the PIE etymology of vinum. BibL: WH II: 804, EM 741, DEW 1123-22, … — [de Vaan, s.v. vitis, p. 697]

2. vītis — Lewis & Short

vītis, is, f.root in Sanscr. vjā, to cover; cf. Goth. vindan; Germ. winden, to bind; Lat. vieo; cf.: vitta, vitex,

I a vine, grapevine.

I Lit., Plin. 14, 1, 2, § 9; Cic. Sen. 15, 52 sq.; Col. 3, 1 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Verg. E. 1, 74; 5, 32; id. G. 1, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 3; Ov. M. 8, 676.—

II Transf.

A A vine-branch, Cato, R. R. 41; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3; 1, 8, 2; Ov. M. 6, 592 al.—

2 A centurion's staff, made of a vine-branch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 19; Liv. Epit. 57; Tac. A. 1, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 527; Luc. 6, 146; Juv. 8, 247.— Hence,

b By a second transf., the office of a centurion, centurionship, Juv 14, 193; Sil. 12, 395; 12, 465; 6, 43; Spart. Hadr. 10 med.—

B For vinea, a military penthouse, mantlet, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. sub, p. 311 Müll. —

C A vine in gen., of the pumpkin, cucumber, Pall. 4, 9, 9; 4, 10, 15; Mart. 8, 51, 12.—

D Vitis nigra, black bryony, Plin. 23, 1, 17, § 27.—

E Vitis alba, the plant called also ampeloleuce, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 21; Col. 10, 347.

3. vitis — Walde–Hofmann

vitis, -is f. , Weinrebe, Weinranke* (seit Enn. und Cato, rom., ebenso Deminutiv eitieula, -Ecula seit Cic, [fJacobsohn KZ. 46, 58], spät viticella, s. Sofer Isid. 162; vgl. viteus, -a, -um seit Varro, Verg., rom. vitilis seit Cato, vitineus, -a, -um Flor., vitigineus seit Cato, vitiariunm, -in. „Weingarten“ Cato, Varro, Colum.) ; Komp. (größtenteils dicht.): viticola, -ae m. seit Sil.; eiticarpifer seit Varro, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. vitis, p. 1712]

In the wild

vite Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.703
vitibus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.6.30
vitibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.31.p1
vite Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.23.p2
vitibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.27.p3
vite Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 14.12

6 of 194 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. vitis (scan pp. 697-698; entry #2004). Root candidates: *witi-.
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. vitis (scan p. 1712; entry #3281).

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