LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

vigor

vigor m (genitive vigōris)
Classical[ˈwɪ.ɡɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.ɡor]

Meaning

  1. masculinevigor, liveliness, activity
  2. masculinepower, strength

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

vīs vīvida animī
vigor -ōris (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 11

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevigorvigōrēs
genitivevigōrisvigōrum
dativevigōrīvigōribus
accusativevigōremvigōrēs
ablativevigōrevigōribus
vocativevigorvigōrēs

vĭgor, ōris, m. vigeo,
I. liveliness, activity, force, vigor (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not in Cæs. or Cic.): nec tarda senectus Debilitat vires animi mutatque vigorem, Verg. A. 9, 611: igneus est ollis vigor, id. ib. 6, 730: juventas et patrius vigor, Hor. C. 4, 4, 5: animi, Ov. H. 16, 51; Liv. 9, 16: mentis, Quint. 11, 2, 3: quantum in illo (libro), di boni, vigoris est, quantum animi! Sen. Ep. 64, 2: gemmae, strong brilliancy, Plin. 37, 7, 28, § 101; cf. id. 9, 35, 54, § 109. —Plur.: vigores mentium, Gell. 19, 12, 4: animorum, Vitr. 6, 1 fin.; Sil. 15, 355.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin vigor From vigeō (“thrive, flourish”) + -or.

Descendants
  • Catalanvigor
  • Englishvigor
  • Englishvigour
  • Frenchvigueur
  • Italianvigore
  • Portuguesevigor
  • Romanianvigoare
  • Spanishvigor
  • Galicianvigor
  • Piedmontesevigur

Quick answers

What does vigor mean in Latin?
vigor, a noun, means “vigor, liveliness, activity; power, strength”.
What is the genitive of vigor?
The genitive singular is vigōris. vigor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vigor?
In classical Latin, [ˈwɪ.ɡɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈviː.ɡor].