liveo
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Etymology [edit]
From Old Latin *slivere, from Proto-Indo-European *sliwo-, suffixed form of *(s)leie- (“bluish”). Also see Old English sla (“sloe”), Welsh lliw (“splendor, color”), Old Irish li, Lithuanian slywas (“plum”), Russian and Old Church Slavonic сливовый (“plum”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
līveō (present infinitive līvēre, no perfect or supine forms)
- I am of a bluish color; I am livid.
- (figuratively) I am envious, envy.
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References [edit]
- liveo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879