vitex

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the genus name Vitex, from Latin vītex.

Noun[edit]

vitex (usually uncountable, plural vitexes)

  1. Any of several species of the genus Vitex.
  2. Especially, Vitex rotundifolia, native to Pacific seashores in Asia and Oceania, widely introduced in similar environments.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of Proto-Indo-European origin. Related to vieō and vītis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vītex f (genitive vīticis); third declension

  1. chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus (a small Mediterranean tree)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vītex vīticēs
Genitive vīticis vīticum
Dative vīticī vīticibus
Accusative vīticem vīticēs
Ablative vītice vīticibus
Vocative vītex vīticēs

Descendants[edit]

  • English: vitex
  • Italian: vetrice
  • Romanian: vetrice
  • Translingual: Vitex

References[edit]

  • “vitex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vitex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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