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vīvere to live
vīvere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to live.
Definitions for vīvere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to live
English derivatives:
convivial revive survive vivacity vivid vivify viviparous vivisection victual vittle
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To be alive, live; ~uens (pred.) in one's lifetime. (b) (w. cognate acc. or sim.). (c) (in exprs. indicating a person's, etc., length of life). (d) (in oaths, asseverations).
- 2
(acting as a copulative, esp. in affective contexts) To be a .. being (or sim.).
- 3
(of things, usu. poet.) To be animated or active. (b) (of qualities, emotions).
- 4
(of visual art or its materials) To live (in illusion), have the appearance of life; (sim. of inscribed words, i.e. to give the illusion of a living voice).
- 5
To go on living, live on, survive. (b) (in valedictory exclam.). (c) to live on in the memory of men.
Sentences with vīvere
Latin to English
In magnā casā vīvunt.Compare They live in a large house.
Nisi quis iūcundus bonusque erit, vītam vērē fēlīcem mihi nōn vīvet.Compare If a person is not agreeable and good, he will not live a truly happy life, it seems to me.
Cīvēs turpēs ex rē pūblicā discēdant ut in pāce vīvāmus.Compare Let the base citizens depart from (our) republic so that we may live in peace.
Praestat enim nēminī imperāre quam alicui servīre: sine illo enim vīvere honestē licet, cum hōc vīvendi nūlla condiciō est. (M. Junius Brutus, fragment of De dictatura Pompei)Compare For it is better to give orders to no one than to be a slave to anyone: for without the former it is possible to live honorably, with the latter there is no way of living.
Iuris praecepta sunt haec: honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere.Compare The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly. to injure no one, and to give everyone his due.
Vivere tota vita discendum est et, quod magis fortasse miraberis, tota vita discendum est mori.Compare It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and -what will perhaps make you wonder more- it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.
Quod si in hoc erro, qui animos hominum immortalis esse credam, libenter erro nec mihi hunc errorem, quo delector, dum vivo, extorqueri volo.Compare If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which give me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
Nulla placere diu nec vivere carmina possunt quae scribuntur aquae potoribus.Compare No poems can please long, nor live, which are written by water drinkers.
Conjugation table for vīvere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| vīvō vīvis vīvit vīvimus vīvitis vīvunt | vīvēbam vīvēbās vīvēbat vīvēbāmus vīvēbātis vīvēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| vīxī vīxistī vīxit vīximus vīxistis vīxērunt / vīxēre | vīxeram vīxerās vīxerat vīxerāmus vīxerātis vīxerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| vīvam vīvēs vīvet vīvēmus vīvētis vīvent | vīxerō vīxeris vīxerit vīxerimus vīxeritis vīxerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| vīvam vīvās vīvat vīvāmus vīvātis vīvant | vīverem vīverēs vīveret vīverēmus vīverētis vīverent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| vīxerim vīxeris vīxerit vīxerimus vīxeritis vīxerint | vīxissem vīxissēs vīxisset vīxissēmus vīxissētis vīxissent |
Infinitive present vīvere Infinitive perfect vīxisse Infinitive future vīctūrum esse | Imperative present vīve vīvite Imperative future vīvitō vīvitō vīvitōte vīvuntō |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| - - vīvitur - - - | - - vīvēbātur - - - |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| - - vīctus est - - - | - - vīctus erat - - - |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| - - vīvētur - - - | - - vīctus erit - - - |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| - - vīvātur - - - | - - vīverētur - - - |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| - - vīctus sit - - - | - - vīctus esset - - - |
Infinitive present vīvī Infinitive perfect vīctum esse Infinitive future vīctum īrī | Imperative present - - Imperative future - vīvitō - - |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | vīvēns | vīventēs |
| Gen. | vīventis | vīventium |
| Dat. | vīventī | vīventibus |
| Acc. | vīventem | vīventēs |
| Abl. | vīvente | vīventibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | vīctūrus | vīctūrī |
| Gen. | vīctūrī | vīctūrōrum |
| Dat. | vīctūrō | vīctūrīs |
| Acc. | vīctūrum | vīctūrōs |
| Abl. | vīctūrō | vīctūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | vīctus | vīctī |
| Gen. | vīctī | vīctōrum |
| Dat. | vīctō | vīctīs |
| Acc. | vīctum | vīctōs |
| Abl. | vīctō | vīctīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | vīvendus | vīvendī |
| Gen. | vīvendī | vīvendōrum |
| Dat. | vīvendō | vīvendīs |
| Acc. | vīvendum | vīvendōs |
| Abl. | vīvendō | vīvendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | vīvere | vīctum |
| Gen. | vīvendī | vīctū |
| Dat. | vīvendō | |
| Acc. | vīvendum | |
| Abl. | vīvendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 65.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2082.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/vivo-vivere-vixi-victum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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