Latin dictionary · noun
vīta
life
Dictionary forms: vīta, vītae
Inflection: first declension
Meaning and definitions
- life
- living, support, subsistence
- a way of life
- real life (not fiction)
- mankind, the living
- biography, life (particularly but not necessarily a hagiography)
Connected roots
- vit-
life
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Recorded forms
| Form | Grammar |
|---|---|
| vīta | nom. sg. |
| vītae | nom. pl. |
| vītae | gen. sg. |
| vītārum | gen. pl. |
| vītae | dat. sg. |
| vītīs | dat. pl. |
| vītam | acc. sg. |
| vītās | acc. pl. |
| vītā | abl. sg. |
| vītīs | abl. pl. |
| vīta | voc. sg. |
| vītae | voc. pl. |
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