adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vegetus
vegetus (feminine vegeta, neuter vegetum)
Classical[ˈwɛ.ɡɛ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛː.d͡ʒe.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveenlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightly
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Vigens · Vegetus · Vividus · Vivus · Animans · Vitalis · Vivax
1. Vigens (ἀΐξαι) denotes a man, both in body and mind, fresh and in full strength; vegetus, one, in a mental sense, on the alert and animated; vividus (from ἠΰς? or from vis?), one, in a moral sense, full of life and energy. Liv. vi. 22. Exactæ jam ætatis Camillus erat . . . sed vegetum ingenium in vivido pectore vigebat, virebatque integris sensibus. 2. Vivus (Goth. quiws) means living, in opp. to dead; animans, possessing life, in opp. to inanimate. 3. Vitalis means long-lived; vivax, tenacious of life. (iv. 445.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vegetus | vegeta | vegetum |
| genitive | vegetī | vegetae | vegetī |
| dative | vegetō | vegetae | vegetō |
| accusative | vegetum | vegetam | vegetum |
| ablative | vegetō | vegetā | vegetō |
| vocative | vegete | vegeta | vegetum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vegetī | vegetae | vegeta |
| genitive | vegetōrum | vegetārum | vegetōrum |
| dative | vegetīs | vegetīs | vegetīs |
| accusative | vegetōs | vegetās | vegeta |
| ablative | vegetīs | vegetīs | vegetīs |
| vocative | vegetī | vegetae | vegeta |
vĕgĕtus, a, um, adj. vegeo,
I. enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightly (class.; cf.: acer, alacer, valens).
I. Lit.:
te vegetum nobis in Graeciā siste, Cic. Att. 10, 16, 6: fessi cum recentibus ac vegetis pugnabant, Liv. 22, 47, 10: vegetus praescripta ad munia surgit, Hor. S. 2, 2, 81: nigris vegetisque oculis, valetudine prosperā, Suet. Caes. 45: vegetior ab inferis recurrit, App. M. 6, p. 181, 32.—Comp.: vegetior aspectus (tauri), Col. 6, 20.—Sup.: vegetissimus color conchyliorum, Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46.—II. Trop.:
mens, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 41: sed vegetum ingenium in vivido pectore vigebat, Liv. 6, 22, 7: tertia pars rationis et mentis, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61: libertas, Sen. Hippol. 459: gustus, keen, Aus. Eph. Ord. Cog. 3.—Sup.: hoc intervallum temporis vegetissimum agricolis maximeque operosum est, the liveliest, busiest, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 238.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vegetus adj.
VEG-, enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightly: te vegetum nobis in Graeciā siste: fessi cum vegetis pugnabant, L.: vegetus praescripta ad munia surgit, H. —Fig.: mens: ingenium, L.
Origins
From vegeō.
Descendants
- Englishvegete
- Englishvegetous
- Frenchvite
- Italianvegeto
- Portuguesevégeto