vivax Latin · revision 8290

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Afranius|origins=la vīvō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwiː.waːks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈviː.vaks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīvāx''' (genitive vīvācis, adverb vīvāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[vīvō]] “to live” with the suffix [[-āx]] “inclined to”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan's first source is Afranius, whom Köbler dates to the second half of the 2nd century BC, and the OLD's earliest citation is from him, “long-lived”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant tenacious of life, long-lived, as in Afranius, and Ovid uses it of the phoenix and of an old woman.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Ovid it also meant life-giving, and in Gellius vigorous, energetic.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for tenacious of life, long-lived.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''vivace'' and Spanish ''vivaz'', and gave [[en|vivacious]] in the 1650s, first “long-lived”, then “lively”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of 2nd century BC – Afranius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the phoenix.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of energetic people.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''vivacious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Tenacious of life, long-lived.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Life-giving.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Vigorous, lively, [[m|en|vivacious]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[longivīvāx]]

+ * [[vīvācitās]]

+ * [[vīvāciter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīta]]

+ * [[vītālis]]

+ * [[vīvārium]]

+ * [[vīvārius]]

+ * [[vīvātus]]

+ * [[vīvēscō]]

+ * [[vīvidus]]

+ * [[vīvō]]

+ * [[vīvus]]

+ * [[en|vivacious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}