vivax
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From vīvō (“to live, to be alive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.waːks/, [ˈwiː.waːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.vaks/, [ˈviː.vaks]
Adjective[edit]
vīvāx (genitive vīvācis, adverb vīvāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious; venerable.
- Long-lasting, enduring, durable.
- Lively, vigorous, vivacious, energetic.
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vīvāx | vīvācēs | vīvācia | ||
| Genitive | vīvācis | vīvācium | |||
| Dative | vīvācī | vīvācibus | |||
| Accusative | vīvācem | vīvāx | vīvācēs | vīvācia | |
| Ablative | vīvācī | vīvācibus | |||
| Vocative | vīvāx | vīvācēs | vīvācia | ||
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References[edit]
- vivax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vivax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vivax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette