vitula

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• vidula , viella , viēla , viōla , fiōla (Medieval Latin )

Feminine counterpart of vitulus ("a [male] calf"). Whether the word for a string instrument is from this source is quite uncertain, but may be related to strings being made from the intestines of cattle; may also be a borrowing from Frankish *fiþulā ("violin, fiddle").

• (Classical Latin ) IPA ^(key): [ˈwɪ.tʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical ) IPA ^(key): [ˈviː.tu.la]

vitula f (genitive vitulae ); first declension

1. the Roman goddess of joy and victory. See (Vitulatio)
2. a young cow , a female calf , a heifer
3. (Medieval Latin ) a stringed musical instrument , probably the viola

First-declension noun.

• vitella

• "1. vĭtŭla", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "VITULA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "vitula", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "1 vĭtŭla", in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: "1,687/1"
• "uitula1" on page 2,081/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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