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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Propertius|origins=ine-pro *(s)leh₃y-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈliː.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''līveō''' (present infinitive līvēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Wiktionary derives it from Proto-Italic ⟨*(s)līwēō⟩, from [[ine-pro|*(s)lih₃-wó-]], from [[ine-pro|*(s)leh₃y-|t=bluish]], cognate with [[ang|slāh|t=sloe]].^(Wiktionary) The OLD and the TLL compare [[cu|слива|tr=sliva|t=plum]] and English ⟨sloe⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Lewis & Short connected it with [[grc|πελιός|tr=peliós|t=livid]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Propertius, of being livid.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Propertius 57/46–12 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to be of a bluish colour, black and blue, livid or discoloured, as in Propertius, and in Martial figuratively to be envious, jealous.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''allibire'' “to turn pale”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it of livid colour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of envy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be [[m|en|livid]], black and blue.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To be [[m|en|envious]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[līvēdō]]

+ * [[līvēns]]

+ * [[līventer]]

+ * [[līvēscō]]

+ * [[līvidus]]

+ * [[līvor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|livid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}