vīvus, vīva, vīvum

Definitions for vīvus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
alive, living
English derivatives:
vivid vivify convivial

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
(esp. pred.) Living, alive; (in abl. absol.) while - is, was, etc., alive, in -'s lifetime.. (b) (of animals; of plants). (c) (masc. as sb.) a living person, (pl.) the living; ex~o (w. ref. to works of art), from life. (d) ~us uidensque (and sim.) alive and in possession of one's faculties. (e) (transf.) living (in the mind, memory, etc.)
2
(of parts of the body) Living (opp. what is mortified or callous; (neut. sg. as sb.) the quick. (b) (of the faculties, etc., of living persons). (c) (of things) having the essence of life. (d) uox ~a, the actual voice of a living person.
3
(of works of art) Having the appearance of life, lifelike. (b) (of speech) like that of real life (in style or content).
4
(of rock, etc.) That is in its natural state or situation, native; (also of other things as occurring in nature). (b) sulpur ~um, sulphur found in a sufficiently pure state not to require refining before use. (c) calx ~a, quicklime. (d) argentum ~um, quicksilver.
5
(of fire or burning objects) Live, alight; (applied to a form of linen that glows in fire without being consumed). (b) (of minerals that emit sparks when struck).

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Sentences with vīvus

Latin to English

Faciam ... ut aut vīvō mihi aut mortuō grātiās agās.Compare I will see to it that you will give thanks to me either dead or alive.

Is ignominia mortuus, egestas vivus afficio.Compare They inflicted disgrace on him when dead, poverty when alive.

Venio ad vivus qui duo ex ille numerus reliquus sum.Compare Let us come to the two living persons, who are left of their number.

Qui ad duo mille et quingenti vivus capio.Compare And as many as two thousand five hundred of them are taken alive.

Omnis qui vivus cor sum arbitror, in ignis infero, etiam animal.Compare They throw into the fire every thing which they think was dear to them when alive, even animals.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 206.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2082.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "vīvus, vīva, vīvum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified October 11, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/vivus-viva-vivum.