adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
līvidus
līvidus (feminine līvida, neuter līvidum, superlative līvidissimus, adverb līvidē)
Classical[ˈliː.wɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.vi.dus]
Meaning
- adjectiveleaden, bluish, blue
- adjectiveespeciallyusuallyblack and blue, livid
- adjectivemaking livid, that is deadly
- adjectivefigurativelyenvious, invidious, spiteful, malicious
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | līvidus | līvida | līvidum |
| genitive | līvidī | līvidae | līvidī |
| dative | līvidō | līvidae | līvidō |
| accusative | līvidum | līvidam | līvidum |
| ablative | līvidō | līvidā | līvidō |
| vocative | līvide | līvida | līvidum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | līvidī | līvidae | līvida |
| genitive | līvidōrum | līvidārum | līvidōrum |
| dative | līvidīs | līvidīs | līvidīs |
| accusative | līvidōs | līvidās | līvida |
| ablative | līvidīs | līvidīs | līvidīs |
| vocative | līvidī | līvidae | līvida |
līvĭdus, a, um, adj. liveo,
I. of a blue or leaden color, bluish, blue.
B. Esp., produced by beating, bruising, etc., black and blue, livid:
livida armis Bracchia, Hor. C. 1, 8, 10: ora livida facta, Ov. H. 20, 82; Plin. 24, 11, 55, § 93.—II. Trop., envious, invidious, spiteful, malicious.
A. Of persons:
invidi et malevoli et lividi, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28 (dub.): nos nostraque lividus odit, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 89.—B. Of inanim. and abstr. things:
lingua, Ov. F. 1, 74: obliviones (because forgetfulness robs the deserving of the praise which is his due), Hor. C. 4, 9, 33: sententia, spiteful, malicious, Sen. Contr. 2, 14.—Hence, līvĭdē, adv., of a leaden color, lividly.—Comp., Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94 dub.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
līvidus adj. with sup.
LIV-, of a leaden color, bluish, blue : vada, V.: racemi, H.: lividissima vorago, Ct.— Black and blue, livid, bruised : armis Bracchia, H.: Ora livida facta, O.— Making livid, deadly : Livida materno fervent adipata veneno, Iu.—Fig., envious, invidious, spiteful, malicious : malevoli et lividi: nos lividus odit, H.: obliviones, i. e. destructive of praise , H.
Origins
From līveō (“to be of a bluish color or livid; to envy”) + -idus, alternatively a back-formation from līveō, which see.
Descendants
- Catalanlívid
- Englishlivid
- Frenchlivide
- Italianlivido
- Portugueselívido
- Spanishlívido
- Galicianlívido
- Piedmonteselìvid
- Sicilianlìvitu