vivax

English

Noun

vivax (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.
   • 2009, Eli Schwartz, Tropical Diseases in Travelers, page 225:

     Thus, the usefulness of chloroquine or other blood stage prophylaxis in complete prevention of vivax is very limited (it might have some value only in areas where the relapse rate is very low), and it should not be regarded as a vivax prophylaxis.

Derived terms

• vivax malaria

Latin

Etymology

From vīvō (“to live, to be alive”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiː.waːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.vaks]

Adjective

vīvāx (genitive vīvācis, adverb vīvāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious; venerable.
2. Long-lasting, enduring, durable.
3. Lively, vigorous, vivacious, energetic.

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	vīvāx			vīvācēs	vīvācia
genitive	vīvācis			vīvācium
dative	vīvācī			vīvācibus
accusative	vīvācem	vīvāx		vīvācīs vīvācēs	vīvācia
ablative	vīvācī vīvāce			vīvācibus
vocative	vīvāx			vīvācēs	vīvācia

Derived terms

• longivīvāx
• vīvācitās
• vīvāciter

Related terms

• vīta
• vītālis
• vīvārium
• vīvārius
• vīvātus
• vīvēscō
• vīvidus
• vīvō
• vīvus

Descendants

• Catalan: vivaç
• English: vivacious
• French: vivace
• Galician: vivaz
• Italian: vivace
• Spanish: vivaz
• Romanian: vivace
• Portuguese: vivaz

References

• “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.