I.enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightly (class.; cf.: acer, alacer, valens).
I. Lit.: “te vegetum nobis in Graeciā siste,” Cic. Att. 10, 16, 6: “fessi cum recentibus ac vegetis pugnabant,” Liv. 22, 47, 10: “vegetus praescripta ad munia surgit,” Hor. S. 2, 2, 81: “nigris vegetisque oculis, valetudine prosperā,” Suet. Caes. 45: “vegetior ab inferis recurrit,” App. M. 6, p. 181, 32.—Comp.: “vegetior aspectus (tauri),” Col. 6, 20.—Sup.: “vegetissimus color conchyliorum,” Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46.—
II. Trop.: “mens,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 41: “sed vegetum ingenium in vivido pectore vigebat,” Liv. 6, 22, 7: “tertia pars rationis et mentis,” Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61: “libertas,” Sen. Hippol. 459: “gustus,” keen, Aus. Eph. Ord. Cog. 3.—Sup.: “hoc intervallum temporis vegetissimum agricolis maximeque operosum est,” the liveliest, busiest, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 238.
