Vitus

See also: vitus

English

Etymology

Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". By folk etymology associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.

Proper noun

Vitus

1. (historical) A male given name from Latin.
2. A lake in Alaska.

Derived terms

• vitusite
• St. Vitus' dance
• St. Vitus Cathedral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

male given name

• Czech: Vít (cs) m
• French: Vital (fr) m
• German: Veit (de) m
• Italian: Vito (it) m
• Marathi: व्हिटस m (vhiṭas)
• Sicilian: Vitu m, Vita f
• Spanish: Vito (es)

Faroese

Proper noun

Vitus m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Vitus: Vitusarson or Vitusson
• daughter of Vitus: Vitusardóttir or Vitusdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Vitus
accusative	Vitus
dative	Vitusi
genitive	Vitusar

Latin

Etymology

By folk etymology, connected to the adjective vitus (“lively”), from vivax. Compare Sicilian Vitu.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.tus/, [ˈu̯ɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.tus/, [ˈviːt̪us]

Proper noun

Vitus m sg (genitive Vitī); second declension

1. Given name, equivalent to Vitus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vitus
genitive	Vitī
dative	Vitō
accusative	Vitum
ablative	Vitō
vocative	Vite