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Vĭenna, ae, f., a city in Gallia Narbonensis, on the Rhodanus, now Vienne, Caes. B. G. 7, 9; Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3; Mel. 3, 5, 2; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121; 3, 4, 5, § 36; Mart. 7, 88, 2 al.
Hence, Vĭennensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Vienne: ager, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18.
Subst.: Vĭennenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Vienne, Vell. 2, 121; Tac. H. 1, 65; Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 57 al.
vĭĕo, no perf., ētum, 2, v. a. [root in Sanscr. vjā-, cover; Gr. ἴτυς, border; cf. Lat. vitex, vitta, vimen, vitis, etc.], to bend or twist together, to plait, weave (ante-class.): viere vincire: a quo est in Sota Ennii: Ibant malaci viere Veneriam corollam, Varr. L. L. 5, § 62 Müll. (Enn. p. 164 Vahl.); cf. Fest. p. 375 Müll.; Non. p. 189, 20: ut habeas vimina, unde viendo quid facias, ut sirpeas, vallos, crates, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5.
Hence, vĭētus (per synæresin scanned as a dissyl., Hor. Epod. 12, 7), a, um, P. a., prop., bent together, bent up; hence, shrunken, shrivelled, withered, wrinkled (cf. viesco): aliquid vietum et caducum, Cic. Sen. 2, 5: membra, Hor. Epod. 12, 7: ficus, Col. 12, 15, 1.
Transf.: cor, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37: senex, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 21: vestis, decayed, Lucr. 3, 385.
* vĭesco, cĕre, v. inch. n. [vieo], to shrink up, shrivel, wither (cf. vietus): viescens ficus, Col. 12, 15, 1.
vĭētor, v. vitor.
vĭētus, a, um, v. vieo, P. a.
vītor (less correctly, vĭētor), ōris, m. [vieo], a basket-maker, trunk-maker, cooper, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 51; Inscr. Grut. 1178, 4; Don. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 21: Vannorum sirpiarumque vitores, Arn. 2, 38; Dig. 9, 2, 27 fin.