vita
[vahy-tuh, vee-; Latin wee-tah]
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noun, plural vi·tae [vahy-tee, vee-tahy; Latin wee-tahy] /ˈvaɪ ti, ˈvi taɪ; Latin ˈwi taɪ/.
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Also vi·tae [vahy-tee, vee-tahy] /ˈvaɪ ti, ˈvi taɪ/.
Origin of vita
1920–25; < Latin: life
integer vitae
[in-te-ger wee-tahy; English in-ti-jer vahy-tee, vee-tahy]
adjective Latin.
curriculum vitae
[kuh-rik-yuh-luh m vahy-tee, vee-tahy; Latin koor-rik-oo-loo m wee-tahy]
noun, plural cur·ric·u·la vi·tae [kuh-rik-yuh-luh vahy-tee, vee-tahy; Latin koor-rik-oo-lah wee-tahy] /kəˈrɪk yə lə ˈvaɪ ti, ˈvi taɪ; Latin kurˈrɪk ʊˌlɑ ˈwi taɪ/.
Origin of curriculum vitae
First recorded in 1900–05
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Examples from the Web for vitae
Historical Examples of vitae
While the other vitae give Egypt as the place of his banishment, vita iv.
The Student's Companion to Latin AuthorsGeorge Middleton
The story is a very old one, first found in the Vitae Patrum, X, cap.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535Eileen Edna Power
Florentissimos vitae annos colligendo et laborando eidem impendit.
Memoirs of My Life and WritingsEdward Gibbon
This study left its mark on mediaeval sermons and Vitae Sanctorum.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)Henry Osborn Taylor
See the contemporary life by Vitorelli, continuator of Ciaconius, Vitae et res gestae summorum pontiff.
vita
noun plural vitae (ˈviːtaɪ, ˈvaɪtiː)
Word Origin for vita
from Latin: life
curriculum vitae
noun plural curricula vitae
Word Origin for curriculum vitae
Latin, literally: the course of one's life
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