LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vītifolius

vītifolius (feminine vītifolia, neuter vītifolium)

Meaning

  1. New Latinadjectivea taxonomic epithet meaning "having leaves like that of a grape vine"

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevītifoliusvītifoliavītifolium
genitivevītifoliīvītifoliaevītifoliī
dativevītifoliōvītifoliaevītifoliō
accusativevītifoliumvītifoliamvītifolium
ablativevītifoliōvītifoliāvītifoliō
vocativevītifolievītifoliavītifolium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevītifoliīvītifoliaevītifolia
genitivevītifoliōrumvītifoliārumvītifoliōrum
dativevītifoliīsvītifoliīsvītifoliīs
accusativevītifoliōsvītifoliāsvītifolia
ablativevītifoliīsvītifoliīsvītifoliīs
vocativevītifoliīvītifoliaevītifolia

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéh₁itis
  3. Proto-Italic*wītis
  4. Latinvītifolius

Latin folius Latin vītifolius From vītis (“vine, grape vine”) + folius (“leaf”).

Quick answers

What does vītifolius mean in Latin?
vītifolius, a adjective, means “a taxonomic epithet meaning "having leaves like that of a grape vine"”.
Where does vītifolius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- → Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis → Proto-Italic *wītis → Latin vītifolius.