vitis

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

vītis is, f

VI-, a vine, grape-vine : vitium ortūs: pone ordine vitīs, V.— A vine-branch : Vite caput tegitur, O.— A vine-switch, vine-branch (as a staff, the badge of a centurion): centum vite regendi, O.: Nodosam frangebat vertice vitem, i. e. had the centurion's staff broken on his head , Iu.: aut vitem posce libello, i. e. petition for the office of a centurion , Iu.

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