vivus
- conditional ofvivi
vivus
- conditional ofvivar
FromProto-Italic*gʷīwos, fromProto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós(“alive”), from*gʷeyh₃-(“to live”) +*-wós (whence Latin-vus). Cognate withSanskritजीव(jīva),Gothic𐌵𐌹𐌿𐍃(qius) andAncient Greekβίος(bíos).
vīvus (femininevīva,neutervīvum);first/second-declension adjective
- alive,living
- Antonyms:dēfūnctus,mortuus
- native,genuine, in thenaturalstate
- bright,lit,burning,kindled
- (of a river) (fast-)flowing,running
- durable,lasting,persistent
- lively,ardent
- Synonyms:strēnuus,impiger,laetus,alacer,ācer
- Antonyms:trīstis,frāctus,sēgnis,dēses
First/second-declension adjective.
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmato-Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
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- Ibero-Romance:
- “vivus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vivus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vivus inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026),Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- "vivus", 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)
- “vivus”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
- running water:aqua viva, profluens (opp.stagnum)
- (ambiguous) to take a person alive:capere aliquem vivum
- (ambiguous) I do not take that too strictly:non id ad vivum reseco (Lael. 5. 8)