LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vīvidus

vīvidus (feminine vīvida, neuter vīvidum)
Classical[ˈwiː.wɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.vi.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivealive, animated
  2. adjectivelively, vigorous

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

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīvidusvīvidavīvidum
genitivevīvidīvīvidaevīvidī
dativevīvidōvīvidaevīvidō
accusativevīvidumvīvidamvīvidum
ablativevīvidōvīvidāvīvidō
vocativevīvidevīvidavīvidum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīvidīvīvidaevīvida
genitivevīvidōrumvīvidārumvīvidōrum
dativevīvidīsvīvidīsvīvidīs
accusativevīvidōsvīvidāsvīvida
ablativevīvidīsvīvidīsvīvidīs
vocativevīvidīvīvidaevīvida

vīvĭdus, a, um, adj. vivo,
I. containing life, living, animated (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. Fest. p. 376 Müll.).
I. In gen. (very rare): tellus, Lucr. 1, 178.—
B. Transf., of pictorial representations, true to the life, animated, spirited, vivid: signa, Prop. 2, 31 (3, 29), 8: cera, Mart. 7, 44, 2: imago, Claud. B. Get. 468 (cf.: vivi de marmore vultus, Verg. A. 6, 848).—Far more freq.,
II. Pregn., full of life, lively, vigorous, vivid: corpus, Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 10: senectus, Tac. A. 6, 27: Umber (canis), Verg. A. 12, 753: dextra bello, id. ib. 10, 609: vis animi, Lucr. 1, 72; so, animi, Plin. Pan. 44, 6: ingenium, Liv. 2, 48, 3: pectus, id. 6, 22, 7: bello vivida virtus, Verg. A. 5, 754: odia, Tac. A. 15, 49: eloquentia, id. ib. 13, 42: epigrammata, Mart. 11, 42, 1.— Comp.: merum, Mart. 8, 6, 12: spiritus, Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.—Adv.: vīvĭdē, vigorously (acc. to II.); in comp., Gell. 7, 3, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 7.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin vīvidus From vīvō + -idus.

Descendants
  • Catalanvívid
  • Englishvivid
  • Frenchvivide
  • Italianvivido
  • Portuguesevívido
  • Spanishvívido

Quick answers

What does vīvidus mean in Latin?
vīvidus, a adjective, means “alive, animated; lively, vigorous”.
How do you pronounce vīvidus?
In classical Latin, [ˈwiː.wɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈviː.vi.dus].
Where does vīvidus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- → Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós → Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti → Proto-Italic *gʷīwō → Latin vīvidus.