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vīvax , ācis, adj. vivo.
I. Tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious (poet.).
A. Lit.: “phoenix,Ov. Am. 2, 6, 54: “anus,id. M. 13, 519: “patrem,id. F. 2, 625: “mater,Hor. S. 2, 1, 53: “cervus,Verg. E. 7, 30 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. M. 3, 194; 7, 273: “Sibylla,ancient, venerable, id. ib. 14, 104 (cf.: “lux aeterna,id. ib. 14, 132).—Comp.: “heres,Hor. S. 2, 2, 132.—
B. Transf., of things, concr. and abstr., lasting long, enduring, durable: “apium (opp. breve lilium),Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: “oliva,Verg. G. 2, 181: “vivaci cespite,Ov. F. 4, 397: “gratia,Hor. A. P. 69: “virtus expersque sepulcri,Ov. P. 4, 8, 47.—
II. Lively, vigorous, vivacious: “sulfura,burning briskly, inflammable, Ov. M. 3, 374: “solum,id. ib. 1, 420: “vivacissimus cursus,Gell. 5, 2, 4: discipuli paulo vivaciores, more lively, brisker, quick, eager, = alacriores, Quint. 2, 6, 3 Spald.—Adv.: vīvācĭter , with liveliness or spirit, vigorously: “pertractare res mysticas,Fulg. Myth. 1 praef. med.; comp.: “vivacius quaerere abdita,Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 332.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.104
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.132
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.194
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.374
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.181
    • Horace, Satires, 2.1.53
    • Horace, Satires, 2.2.132
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 69
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.519
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.420
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 6.3
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.2.4
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.8
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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