vivax

Latin

Etymology

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From vīvō (“I live”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.u̯aːks/, [ˈu̯iːu̯äːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.vaks/, [ˈviːväks]

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.

Declension

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

Derived terms

• longivīvāx
• vīvācitās
• vīvāciter

Related terms

• vīta
• vītālis
• vīvārium

• vīvārius
• vīvātus
• vīvēscō

• vīvidus
• vīvō
• vīvus

Descendants

• Catalan: vivaç
• English: vivacious
• French: vivace
• 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.