Latin Word of the Day
vita
/VEE-ta/ • noun (feminine) — 22nd of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: life; also used for biography or way of living
Examples
- Vita brevis est.
(Life is short.) - Familia est gaudium vitae.
(Family is the joy of life.) - Vivamus vitam plenam amoris.
(Let us live a life full of love.)
Synonyms
- aevum
- anima
Vita is a very common first-declension noun (nom. sing. vita, gen. vitae). Use it for 'life' in general, for someone's biography (e.g. 'Vita Ciceronis'), or in idiomatic phrases (e.g. 'vita brevis'). The genitive 'vitae' appears in modern borrowings like 'curriculum vitae'. Pronounce with stress on the first syllable: VEE-ta.
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