vivus

Pronunciation

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Verb

vivus

1. conditional of vivi

Verb

vivus

1. conditional of vivar

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gʷīwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus). Cognate with Sanskrit जीव (jīva), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌿𐍃 (qius) and Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.u̯us/, [ˈu̯iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vus/, [ˈviːvus]

Adjective

vīvus (feminine vīva, neuter vīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. alive, living

   Antonyms: dēfūnctus, mortuus

2. native, genuine, in the natural state
3. bright, lit, burning, kindled
4. (of the river) current
5. durable, lasting, persistent
6. lively, ardent

   Synonyms: strēnuus, impiger, laetus, alacer, ācer

   Antonyms: trīstis, frāctus, sēgnis, dēses

References

• “vivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vivus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• vivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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)