LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

vīvāx

vīvāx (genitive vīvācis, adverb vīvāciter)
Classical[ˈwiː.waːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.vaks]

Meaning

  1. one terminationTenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious; venerable.
  2. one terminationLong-lasting, enduring, durable.
  3. one terminationLively, vigorous, vivacious, energetic.

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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

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīvāxvīvāxvīvāx
genitivevīvācisvīvācisvīvācis
dativevīvācīvīvācīvīvācī
accusativevīvācemvīvācemvīvāx
ablativevīvācī
vīvāce		vīvācī
vīvāce		vīvācī
vīvāce
vocativevīvāxvīvāxvīvāx
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīvācēsvīvācēsvīvācia
genitivevīvāciumvīvāciumvīvācium
dativevīvācibusvīvācibusvīvācibus
accusativevīvācīs
vīvācēs		vīvācīs
vīvācēs		vīvācia
ablativevīvācibusvīvācibusvīvācibus
vocativevīvācēsvīvācēsvīvācia

vīvax, ācis, adj. vivo.
I. Tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious (poet.).
A. Lit.: phoenix, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 54: anus, id. M. 13, 519: patrem, id. F. 2, 625: mater, Hor. S. 2, 1, 53: cervus, Verg. E. 7, 30 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. M. 3, 194; 7, 273: Sibylla, ancient, venerable, id. ib. 14, 104 (cf.: lux aeterna, id. ib. 14, 132).—Comp.: heres, Hor. S. 2, 2, 132.—
B. Transf., of things, concr. and abstr., lasting long, enduring, durable: apium (opp. breve lilium), Hor. C. 1, 36, 16: oliva, Verg. G. 2, 181: vivaci cespite, Ov. F. 4, 397: gratia, Hor. A. P. 69: virtus expersque sepulcri, Ov. P. 4, 8, 47.—
II. Lively, vigorous, vivacious: sulfura, burning briskly, inflammable, Ov. M. 3, 374: solum, id. ib. 1, 420: vivacissimus cursus, Gell. 5, 2, 4: discipuli paulo vivaciores, more lively, brisker, quick, eager, = alacriores, Quint. 2, 6, 3 Spald.—Adv.: vīvācĭter, with liveliness or spirit, vigorously: pertractare res mysticas, Fulg. Myth. 1 praef. med.; comp.: vivacius quaerere abdita, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 332.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  4. Proto-Italic*gʷīwō
  5. Latinvīvāx

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin vīvāx From vīvō (“to live, to be alive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).

Descendants
  • Catalanvivaç
  • Englishvivacious
  • Frenchvivace
  • Italianvivace
  • Spanishvivaz
  • Romanianvivace
  • Portuguesevivaz
  • Galicianvivaz

In English words that came into English from vīvāx

  • vivaciousvīvāx
  • vivacityvīvācitās

Quick answers

What does vīvāx mean in Latin?
vīvāx, a adjective, means “Tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious; venerable.; Long-lasting, enduring, durable.”.
How do you pronounce vīvāx?
In classical Latin, [ˈwiː.waːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈviː.vaks].
Where does vīvāx come from?
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- → Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós → Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti → Proto-Italic *gʷīwō → Latin vīvāx.