I.to be of a bluish color, black and blue, livid: “livent rubigine dentes,” Ov. M. 2, 776: “livere catenis,” Prop. 4 (5), 7, 65.—
II. Trop., to be envious, to envy (mostly poet. for invideo).
(β).
With dat., to envy: “livere iis, qui eloquentiam exercent,” Tac. A. 13, 42: “qui mihi livet,” Mart. 6, 86, 6; 11, 94, 1.—Hence, lī-vens , entis, P. a.
A. Bluish, lead-colored, black and blue, livid: “plumbum,” Verg. A. 7, 687: “pruna,” Ov. M. 13, 817: “crura compedibus,” id. Am. 2, 2, 47: “oculi in morte,” Stat. Th. 1, 617: “venenum,” Sil. 2, 707.—
B. Envious: “quid imprecabor, o Severe, liventi?” Mart. 8, 61, 8.—Adv.: līventer , lividly, Paul. Petr. 4, 192.
