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vix , adv. etym. dub.; perh. from root vic- of vinco,
I.with difficulty, with much ado, hardly, scarcely, barely.
I. In gen.: quid est, sine his cur vivere velimus? mihi vero cum his ipsis vix; “his autem detractis ne vix quidem,” Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 2: “quae vix aut ne vix quidem adpareant,” id. Fin. 4, 13, 32: “ut vix aut omnino non posset ... infirmari sua lex,” id. Att. 3, 23, 2; cf.: “profluens amnis aut vix aut nullo modo, conclusa autem aqua facile corrumpitur,” id. N. D. 2, 7, 20: “vix incedo inanis, ne, etc.,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 174: “vix sum compos animi,” Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12: “vix me contineo, quin involem, etc.,” id. Eun. 5, 2, 20: Thr. Hic sunt tres minae. Gn. Vix, id. ib. 3, 2, 19: “vix in ipsis tectis frigus vitatur,” Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 2: “ego teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2: “Gabinius collegit ipse se vix, sed collegit tamen,” id. Pis. 12, 27: “iter angustum et difficile, vix quā singuli carri ducerentur,” Caes. B. G. 1, 6: “brevi spatio interjecto, vix ut his rebus ... administrandis tempus daretur,” id. ib. 3, 4; cf.: “adeo, ut vix ulla possit causa reperiri, Quint. Inst. prooem. § 12: ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D. sese redactos esse dixerunt,” to scarcely five hundred, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: carcer vix carcere dignus, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 19 et saep.: “ego vix teneor, quin accurram,” Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 2: “vix est, ut id obtineat,” Dig. 41, 1, 7, § 7; so ib. 16, 1, 19 init.—
B. Strengthened,
1. By aegre: “vix aegreque amatorculos invenimus,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27: “vix et aegre,” App. M. 1, p. 111, 10: “vix et aegerrime,” id. ib. 1, p. 108, 40; v. aegre.—
2. By saltem: “illud vix saltem praecipiendum videtur,” Quint. 6, 4, 15.—
3. By repetition: “corpus matri vix vixque remissum,” Albin. 1, 167.—
II. In partic., of time, hardly, scarcely.
A. Absol.: assum atque advenio Acherunte vix via alta atque ardua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37 (Trag. Rel. p. 208 Rib.): “ah, vix tandem sensi stolidus!” Ter. And. 3, 1, 12: “vix tandem legi litteras,” Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 1; Cat. 62, 2: “contingat vix deinde mori,” Val. Fl. 7, 537.—
B. With a foll. cum, and poet. also et, to denote the immediate succession of two events.
1. With cum: “vix agmen novissimum extra munitiones processerat, cum Galli, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 6, 8: “vix erat hoc plane imperatum, cum illum ... videres,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86: “vix ea fatus erat, geminae cum forte columbae ... caelo venere volantes,” Verg. A. 6, 190; Ov. M. 1, 69.—
2. With et: “vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus, Et superincumbens ... liquidas projecit in undas Praecipitem,” Verg. A. 5, 857; so, “vix ... et,” id. ib. 6, 498; Stat. Th. 5, 263; cf.: “vix ... que,” Verg. A. 2, 692.—
3. With ellipsis of cum or et: vix proram attigerat, rumpit Saturnia funem, Verg. A. 10, 659; 8, 337: “vix bene desieram, rettulit illa mihi,” Ov. F. 5, 278; Phaedr. 4, 24, 28 sq.; so, “vix bene,” Ov. M. 2, 47.—
C. Strengthened by dum, and usually written in one word, vixdum , hardly then, scarcely yet: “Dolabella valde vituperabatur, quod tibi tam cito succederet, cum vixdum triginta dies in Syriā fuisses,” Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 2: “haec ego omnia vixdum etiam coetu nostro dimisso comperi,” id. Cat. 1, 4, 10: “(Hannibalem) vixdum puberem,” Liv. 21, 3, 2: “vixdum serio adnuere,” id. 39, 42, 12: “progressis vixdum quattuor milia passuum,” id. 44, 5, 1; 32, 28, 4; 10, 32, 7: “puer vixdum libertatem, nedum dominationem modice laturus,” id. 24, 4, 1: “vixdum dimidium dixeram: intellexerat,” Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 4: “vixdum epistulam tuam legeram, cum, etc.,” Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 3.—So with et, Liv. 36, 12, 5; 43, 4, 10; Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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