vītis is, f VI-, a vine, grape-vine: vitium ortūs: pone ordine vitīs, V.

—A vine-branch: Vite caput tegitur, O.

—A vine-switch, vine-branch (as a staff, the badge of a centurion): centum vite regendi, O.: Nodosam frangebat vertice vitem, i. e. had the centurion's staff broken on his head, Iu.: aut vitem posce libello, i. e. petition for the office of a centurion, Iu.