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Meaning of vitis | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈwiː.tɪs]

Definitions

  1. vine, grapevine
  2. dative/ablative plural of vīta
  3. a vine staff, the baton or cane (made of grapevine) of a Roman centurion
  4. any vine

Equivalents

Examples

“vel psithia passos de vite racemos”

[…] or dried clusters of grapes from Psithian vine[s]

“c. 160-220 C.E., Tertullian, De Judicio Domini, 22”

What makes a vine hang down richly with grapes

“Si eius [cucumeris] florem, sicut in vite sua est, in forma fictili clauseris ac ligaris, […]”

If you close and tie its [the cucumber plant's] flower in a clay mold, as it is on its own vine, […]

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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