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saecŭlum ( poet., esp. Lucretian, saeclum; less correctly sēcŭlum, sēclum), i, n. dim. [etym. dub.; perh. root si- = sa-; Gr. saô, to sift; Lat. sero, satus; whence Saturnus, etc.; hence, orig.], a race, breed, generation (freq. in Lucr.; very rare in later writers; usu. in plur.):

saecla propagare,

Lucr. 1, 21; cf. id. 2, 173; 5, 850:

nec toties possent generatim saecla referre Naturam parentum,

id. 1, 597:

saecla animantum,

i. e. animals, id. 2, 78; 5, 855:

hominum,

id. 1, 467; 5, 339; 6, 722:

ferarum,

id. 2, 995; 3, 753; 4, 413; 4, 686; cf.:

silvestria ferarum,

id. 5, 967:

serpentia ferarum,

id. 6, 766:

mortalia,

id. 5, 805; 5, 982; 5, 1238:

bucera (with lanigerae pecudes),

id. 5, 866; 6, 1245; cf.:

vetusta cornicum (with corvorum greges),

id. 5, 1084:

aurea pavonum,

id. 2, 503:

totisque expectent saecula ripis,

i. e. the shades of the infernal regions, Stat. Th. 11, 592.— Sing.:

et muliebre oritur patrio de semine saeclum,

the female sex, women, Lucr. 4, 1223; so,

muliebre,

id. 5, 1020; 2, 10 sq.—

Transf.

Like genea.

The ordinary lifetime of the human species, a lifetime, generation, age (of thirty-three years; class.; esp. freq. in signif. 2. infra; cf. Schoem. ad Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 21):

cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint... tum ille vere vertens annus appellari potest: in quo vix dicere audeo, quam multa saecula hominum teneantur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24 Mos.:

cum ex hac parte saecula plura numerentur,

Liv. 9, 18:

quorum (Socratis atque Epicuri) aetates non annis sed saeculis scimus esse disjunctas,

Hier. Vit. Cler. 4, p. 262; cf. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Auct. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 508; id. E. 4, 5.—

Esp., the lifetime or reign of a ruler:

illustrari saeculum suum ejusmodi exemplo arbitrabatur,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6:

digna saeculo tuo,

id. ib. 10, 1, 2.—

The human race living in a particular age, a generation, an age, the times: serit arbores quae alteri saeculo prosient, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum jam plena Graecia poëtarum esset,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18 (for which:

quorum aetas cum in eorum tempora incidisset,

id. Or. 12, 39):

saeculorum reliquorum judicium,

id. Div. 1, 19, 36:

ipse fortasse in hujus saeculi errore versor,

id. Par. 6, 3, 50; cf.:

hujus saeculi insolentia,

id. Phil. 9, 6, 23; and: o [p. 1614] nostri infamia saecli, Ov. M. 8, 97; cf.

also: novi ego hoc saeculum, moribus quibus siet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 6; so,

hujus saecli mores,

id. Truc. prol. 13; and:

hoccine saeclum! o scelera! o genera sacrilega, o hominem impurum!

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 15:

nec mutam repertam esse dicunt mulierem ullo in saeculo,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 7:

Cato rudi saeculo litteras Graecas didicit,

Quint. 12, 11, 23; so,

rude,

id. 2, 5, 23:

grave ne rediret Saeculum Pyrrhae,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

primo statim beatissimi saeculi ortu,

Tac. Agr. 3; so,

beatissimum,

id. ib. 44:

felix et aureum,

id. Or. 12; Quint. 8, 6, 24:

aureum,

Sen. Contr. 2, 17; Lact. 5, 6, 13; cf.:

aurea saecula,

Verg. A. 6, 792; Ov. A. A. 2, 277:

his jungendi sunt Diocletianus aurei parens saeculi, et Maximianus, ut vulgo dicitur, ferrei,

Lampr. Elag. 35:

ceteri, qui dii ex hominibus facti esse dicuntur, minus eruditis hominum saeculis fuerunt (with Romuli aetas),

Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 18; cf.:

res publica constituta non unā hominum vitā sed aliquot saeculis et aetatibus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 2:

perpetuā saeculorum admiratione celebrantur,

Quint. 11, 1, 13:

fecunda culpae saecula,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 17:

ferro duravit saecula,

id. Epod. 16, 65; cf.:

sic ad ferrum venistis ab auro, Saecula,

Ov. M. 15, 261.—

The spirit of the age or times: nemo illic vitia ridet;

nec corrumpere et corrumpi saeculum vocatur,

Tac. G. 19.—

The utmost lifetime of man, a period of a hundred years, a century:

saeclum spatium annorum centum vocārunt,

Varr. L. L. 6, 2, § 11 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. v. saeculares, p. 328 ib.; Censor. de Die Nat. 17:

cum (Numa) illam sapientiam constituendae civitatis duobus prope saeculis ante cognovit, quam eam Graeci natam esse senserunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:

saeculo festas referente luces,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 42; cf.:

multa virum durando saecula vincit,

Verg. G. 2, 295.—

For an indefinitely long period, an age; plur. (so mostly):

(Saturni stella) nihil immutat sempiternis saeculorum aetatibus, quin eadem iisdem temporibus efficiat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52:

aliquot saeculis post,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 73:

cum aliquot saecula in Italiā viguisset,

id. Univ. 1; so,

tot,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122; id. Ac. 2, 5, 15:

quot,

Quint. 12, 11, 22:

multa,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20; 6, 26, 29; id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; id. Cat. 2, 5, 11; id. Fam. 11, 14, 3:

plurima,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 14:

sexcenta,

id. Fat. 12, 27:

omnia,

id. Lael. 4, 15; id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

ex omni saeculorum memoriā,

id. ib. 4, 1, 3:

vir saeculorum memoriā dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 104; cf.:

ingeniorum monumenta, quae saeculis probarentur,

id. 3, 7, 18:

facto in saecula ituro,

to future ages, to posterity, Sil. 12, 312; so Plin. Pan. 55, 1:

in famam et saecula mitti,

Luc. 10, 533: tarda gelu saeclisque effeta senectus, with (many) years, Verg. A. 8, 508.— Sing.:

propemodum saeculi res in unum diem cumulavit,

Curt. 4, 16, 10:

longo putidam (anum) saeculo,

Hor. Epod. 8, 1:

ut videri possit saeculo prior,

Quint. 10, 1, 113.—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the following phrases are used to express forever, to all eternity, endlessly, without end:

in saeculum,

Vulg. Exod. 21, 6; id. Dan. 3, 89:

in saeculum saeculi,

id. Psa. 36, 27; id. 2 Cor. 9, 9:

in saecula,

id. Ps. 77, 69; id. Rom. 1, 25:

in saecula saeculorum,

Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 1; Ambros. Hexaëm. 3, 17, 72; Vulg. Tob. 9, 11; id. Rom. 16, 27; id. Apoc. 1, 6 et saep.—

Like the biblical, aiôn, the world, worldliness (eccl. Lat.):

immaculatus ab hoc saeculo,

Vulg. Jacob. 1, 27: et servientem corpori Absolve vinclis saeculi, Prud. steph. 2, 583; so id. Cath. 5, 109; Paul. Nol. Ep. 23, 33 fin. —

Heathenism (eccl. Lat.):

saeculi exempla,

Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 13 (al. saecularia).

scāla, ae (acc. to the ancient grammarians, not used in sing.; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, §§ 63 and 68; 10, § 54 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 16 Spald.; Charis. p. 20 P. p. 72 ib.; Diom. p. 315 ib. al.; but v. infra), f. [for scandla, from scando; cf. mala, from mando], mostly plur.: scālae, ārum, a flight of steps or stairs, a staircase; a ladder, scaling-ladder.

Lit.:

scalas dare alicui utendas,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 10: scalarum gradus, the rounds of a ladder, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3: Romani scalis summă nituntur opum vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.); Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

scalas ponere,

to fix, id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 40:

scalas admovere,

id. ib. 3, 63; 3, 80; Cic. Mil. 15, 40; id. Phil. 2, 9, 121:

murum scalis aggredi,

Sall. J. 57, 4; 60, 7; Verg. A. 9, 507; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 15 et saep.:

scalis habito tribus et altis,

up three flights of stairs, Mart. 1, 118, 7.—

In partic.: Scalae Gemoniae, v. Gemoniae.—

Poet., transf., steps:

haec per ducentas cum domum tulit scalas,

Mart. 7, 20, 20.—

Sing. (post-class.).

In gen., a ladder:

scalam commodare ad ascendendum,

Dig. 47, 2, 55 (54), § 4; cf. Aquil. Rom. p. 181 Ruhnk.—

Esp.

Scala gallinaria, a hen-roost, i. e. a crossbar of like form, used for reducing a dislocated shoulder, Cels. 8, 15 med. —

Of Jacob ' s ladder, seen in his dream, Vulg. Gen. 28, 12; Hier. Ep. 3, § 4; 108, § 13.

scāla, ae (acc. to the ancient grammarians, not used in sing.; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, §§ 63 and 68; 10, § 54 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 16 Spald.; Charis. p. 20 P. p. 72 ib.; Diom. p. 315 ib. al.; but v. infra), f. [for scandla, from scando; cf. mala, from mando], mostly plur.: scālae, ārum, a flight of steps or stairs, a staircase; a ladder, scaling-ladder.

Lit.:

scalas dare alicui utendas,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 10: scalarum gradus, the rounds of a ladder, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3: Romani scalis summă nituntur opum vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.); Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

scalas ponere,

to fix, id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 40:

scalas admovere,

id. ib. 3, 63; 3, 80; Cic. Mil. 15, 40; id. Phil. 2, 9, 121:

murum scalis aggredi,

Sall. J. 57, 4; 60, 7; Verg. A. 9, 507; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 15 et saep.:

scalis habito tribus et altis,

up three flights of stairs, Mart. 1, 118, 7.—

In partic.: Scalae Gemoniae, v. Gemoniae.—

Poet., transf., steps:

haec per ducentas cum domum tulit scalas,

Mart. 7, 20, 20.—

Sing. (post-class.).

In gen., a ladder:

scalam commodare ad ascendendum,

Dig. 47, 2, 55 (54), § 4; cf. Aquil. Rom. p. 181 Ruhnk.—

Esp.

Scala gallinaria, a hen-roost, i. e. a crossbar of like form, used for reducing a dislocated shoulder, Cels. 8, 15 med. —

Of Jacob ' s ladder, seen in his dream, Vulg. Gen. 28, 12; Hier. Ep. 3, § 4; 108, § 13.

suādĭbĭlis, e, adj. [suadeo], that may be persuaded (late Lat.), Vulg. Jacob. 3, 17. —

Persuasive: doctrina, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 51.

thēsaurizo, āre, v. n. and a. [thesaurus], to gather or lay up treasure (late Lat.).

Lit., Vulg. Bar. 3, 18; Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10; Salv. adv. Avar. 1, 2; 1, 4 al.—

Trop., to treasure up:

disciplinam,

Salv. adv. Avar. 3, 12: iram, id. Gub. Dei, 5, 9; Vulg. Jacob. 5, 3.

transmūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [transmuto].

In gen., a changing, Vulg. Jacob. 1, 17. —

In partic., a shifting, transposition of letters (post-Aug.; cf.:

transpositio, commutatio),

Quint. 1, 5, 39; 9, 4, 89.

vīvus, a, um ( sup. vivissimus, cited without example by Fest. p. 379 Müll.), adj. [vivo], alive, living, that has life.

Lit.

Adj.

Of living beings:

qui cum tantum ausus sit ustor pro mortuo, quid signifer pro vivo non esset ausus? In curiam potissimum abjecit, ut eam mortuus incenderet, quam vivus everterat,

Cic. Mil. 33, 90:

quorum (simulacrorum) contexta viminibus membra vivis hominibus complent,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

adeo ut Cato vix vivus effugeret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; 2, 4, 40, § 87:

si Jugurtham vivom aut necatum sibi tradidisset,

Sall. J. 61, 5:

doctus eris vivam (gallinam) musto mersare Falerno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 19:

quamquam ea Tatio sic erant descripta vivo, tamen eo interfecto multo etiam magis, etc.,

in the lifetime of Tatius, Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

tantum illo vivo,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 21 fin.:

cum leges duo ex unā familiā, vivo utroque, magistratus creari vetarent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33; cf.

also: Cato affirmat, se vivo illum non triumphaturum,

as long as he lived, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 2; so,

me vivo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 15; id. Most. 1, 3, 73:

vivā me,

id. Bacch. 3, 4, 17.—So the phrase vivus vidensque, before his very eyes:

huic acerbissimum vivo videntique funus ducitur,

Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

ille Cyprius miser... vivus (ut aiunt) est et videns cum victu ac vestitu suo publicatus,

id. Sest. 27, 59; cf.:

et prudens sciens, Vivos vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 28.— Subst.: vīvus, i, m., a living man:

cum is, cui forma mortui, fortunae vivi commendatae sunt, ignominiā mortuum, inopiā vivum adfecerit, is inter honestos homines atque adeo inter vivos numerabitur?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113. —

Of things concr. and abstr.:

saepes,

Col. 11, 3, 3:

caespes,

Ov. M. 4, 301:

harundo,

id. ib. 13, 891:

virga,

id. ib. 4, 744:

radix,

id. ib. 14, 713:

aqua,

running, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; so,

flumen,

Liv. 1, 45; Verg. A. 2, 719:

lacus,

id. G. 2, 469:

ros,

fresh, Ov. F. 4, 778:

lucernae,

burning, Hor. C. 3, 21, 23:

lapis,

flint, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138:

sulphur,

native, id. 35, 15, 50, § 175:

linum,

asbestos-cloth, id. 19, 1, 4, § 19; Cels. 5, 18, 13:

calx,

unslacked, Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 51:

saxum,

living, natural, unwrought, Verg. A. 1, 167:

pumex,

Ov. F. 2, 315:

argentum,

quicksilver, mercury, Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99: vultus, i. e. alive with expression, or, as we say, speaking, Verg. A. 6, 848.—So of statues and images:

vidi artes veterumque manus variisque metalla viva modis,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 48: vox, living, i. e. oral discourse, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4; Quint. 2, 2, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 4; 33, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 9 al.: cujus facta viva nunc vigent, living, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

animus,

lively, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

pectus,

Arn. 3, 6.—

Subst.: vīvum, i, n., lit., that which is alive; hence,

Ad vivum resecare, to cut to the quick, cut very deep:

extrema pars ipsius unguis ad vivum resecatur,

Col. 6, 12, 3 (cf. in the adj.:

vulnera circumcidere ad vivas usque partes,

Plin. 28, 10, 43, § 156):

calor ad vivum adveniens,

Liv. 22, 17, 2.— Trop.:

hoc primum sentio, nisi in bonis amicitiam esse non posse: neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi, qui haec subtilius disserunt,

i. e. I do not wish to be understood in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18.—

De vivo detrahere or resecare aliquid, to give or take away from the capital:

dat de lucro: nihil detraxit de vivo,

Cic. Fl. 37, 91:

de vivo igitur erat aliquid resecandum, ut esset, unde, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.—

Transf., lively, ardent (only post-Aug. and very rare):

vivus et ingenuus animus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

vivi pectoris homo,

Arn. 3, 103.— Adv.: vīvē, in a lively manner, very:

vive sapis,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 100 Jacob. (dub.).

vīvus, a, um ( sup. vivissimus, cited without example by Fest. p. 379 Müll.), adj. [vivo], alive, living, that has life.

Lit.

Adj.

Of living beings:

qui cum tantum ausus sit ustor pro mortuo, quid signifer pro vivo non esset ausus? In curiam potissimum abjecit, ut eam mortuus incenderet, quam vivus everterat,

Cic. Mil. 33, 90:

quorum (simulacrorum) contexta viminibus membra vivis hominibus complent,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

adeo ut Cato vix vivus effugeret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; 2, 4, 40, § 87:

si Jugurtham vivom aut necatum sibi tradidisset,

Sall. J. 61, 5:

doctus eris vivam (gallinam) musto mersare Falerno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 19:

quamquam ea Tatio sic erant descripta vivo, tamen eo interfecto multo etiam magis, etc.,

in the lifetime of Tatius, Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

tantum illo vivo,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 21 fin.:

cum leges duo ex unā familiā, vivo utroque, magistratus creari vetarent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33; cf.

also: Cato affirmat, se vivo illum non triumphaturum,

as long as he lived, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 2; so,

me vivo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 15; id. Most. 1, 3, 73:

vivā me,

id. Bacch. 3, 4, 17.—So the phrase vivus vidensque, before his very eyes:

huic acerbissimum vivo videntique funus ducitur,

Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

ille Cyprius miser... vivus (ut aiunt) est et videns cum victu ac vestitu suo publicatus,

id. Sest. 27, 59; cf.:

et prudens sciens, Vivos vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 28.— Subst.: vīvus, i, m., a living man:

cum is, cui forma mortui, fortunae vivi commendatae sunt, ignominiā mortuum, inopiā vivum adfecerit, is inter honestos homines atque adeo inter vivos numerabitur?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113. —

Of things concr. and abstr.:

saepes,

Col. 11, 3, 3:

caespes,

Ov. M. 4, 301:

harundo,

id. ib. 13, 891:

virga,

id. ib. 4, 744:

radix,

id. ib. 14, 713:

aqua,

running, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; so,

flumen,

Liv. 1, 45; Verg. A. 2, 719:

lacus,

id. G. 2, 469:

ros,

fresh, Ov. F. 4, 778:

lucernae,

burning, Hor. C. 3, 21, 23:

lapis,

flint, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138:

sulphur,

native, id. 35, 15, 50, § 175:

linum,

asbestos-cloth, id. 19, 1, 4, § 19; Cels. 5, 18, 13:

calx,

unslacked, Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 51:

saxum,

living, natural, unwrought, Verg. A. 1, 167:

pumex,

Ov. F. 2, 315:

argentum,

quicksilver, mercury, Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99: vultus, i. e. alive with expression, or, as we say, speaking, Verg. A. 6, 848.—So of statues and images:

vidi artes veterumque manus variisque metalla viva modis,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 48: vox, living, i. e. oral discourse, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4; Quint. 2, 2, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 4; 33, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 9 al.: cujus facta viva nunc vigent, living, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

animus,

lively, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

pectus,

Arn. 3, 6.—

Subst.: vīvum, i, n., lit., that which is alive; hence,

Ad vivum resecare, to cut to the quick, cut very deep:

extrema pars ipsius unguis ad vivum resecatur,

Col. 6, 12, 3 (cf. in the adj.:

vulnera circumcidere ad vivas usque partes,

Plin. 28, 10, 43, § 156):

calor ad vivum adveniens,

Liv. 22, 17, 2.— Trop.:

hoc primum sentio, nisi in bonis amicitiam esse non posse: neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi, qui haec subtilius disserunt,

i. e. I do not wish to be understood in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18.—

De vivo detrahere or resecare aliquid, to give or take away from the capital:

dat de lucro: nihil detraxit de vivo,

Cic. Fl. 37, 91:

de vivo igitur erat aliquid resecandum, ut esset, unde, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.—

Transf., lively, ardent (only post-Aug. and very rare):

vivus et ingenuus animus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

vivi pectoris homo,

Arn. 3, 103.— Adv.: vīvē, in a lively manner, very:

vive sapis,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 100 Jacob. (dub.).

vīvus, a, um ( sup. vivissimus, cited without example by Fest. p. 379 Müll.), adj. [vivo], alive, living, that has life.

Lit.

Adj.

Of living beings:

qui cum tantum ausus sit ustor pro mortuo, quid signifer pro vivo non esset ausus? In curiam potissimum abjecit, ut eam mortuus incenderet, quam vivus everterat,

Cic. Mil. 33, 90:

quorum (simulacrorum) contexta viminibus membra vivis hominibus complent,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

adeo ut Cato vix vivus effugeret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; 2, 4, 40, § 87:

si Jugurtham vivom aut necatum sibi tradidisset,

Sall. J. 61, 5:

doctus eris vivam (gallinam) musto mersare Falerno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 19:

quamquam ea Tatio sic erant descripta vivo, tamen eo interfecto multo etiam magis, etc.,

in the lifetime of Tatius, Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

tantum illo vivo,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 21 fin.:

cum leges duo ex unā familiā, vivo utroque, magistratus creari vetarent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33; cf.

also: Cato affirmat, se vivo illum non triumphaturum,

as long as he lived, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 2; so,

me vivo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 15; id. Most. 1, 3, 73:

vivā me,

id. Bacch. 3, 4, 17.—So the phrase vivus vidensque, before his very eyes:

huic acerbissimum vivo videntique funus ducitur,

Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

ille Cyprius miser... vivus (ut aiunt) est et videns cum victu ac vestitu suo publicatus,

id. Sest. 27, 59; cf.:

et prudens sciens, Vivos vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 28.— Subst.: vīvus, i, m., a living man:

cum is, cui forma mortui, fortunae vivi commendatae sunt, ignominiā mortuum, inopiā vivum adfecerit, is inter honestos homines atque adeo inter vivos numerabitur?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113. —

Of things concr. and abstr.:

saepes,

Col. 11, 3, 3:

caespes,

Ov. M. 4, 301:

harundo,

id. ib. 13, 891:

virga,

id. ib. 4, 744:

radix,

id. ib. 14, 713:

aqua,

running, Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; so,

flumen,

Liv. 1, 45; Verg. A. 2, 719:

lacus,

id. G. 2, 469:

ros,

fresh, Ov. F. 4, 778:

lucernae,

burning, Hor. C. 3, 21, 23:

lapis,

flint, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138:

sulphur,

native, id. 35, 15, 50, § 175:

linum,

asbestos-cloth, id. 19, 1, 4, § 19; Cels. 5, 18, 13:

calx,

unslacked, Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 51:

saxum,

living, natural, unwrought, Verg. A. 1, 167:

pumex,

Ov. F. 2, 315:

argentum,

quicksilver, mercury, Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99: vultus, i. e. alive with expression, or, as we say, speaking, Verg. A. 6, 848.—So of statues and images:

vidi artes veterumque manus variisque metalla viva modis,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 48: vox, living, i. e. oral discourse, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 4; Quint. 2, 2, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 4; 33, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 9 al.: cujus facta viva nunc vigent, living, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8, 5:

animus,

lively, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

pectus,

Arn. 3, 6.—

Subst.: vīvum, i, n., lit., that which is alive; hence,

Ad vivum resecare, to cut to the quick, cut very deep:

extrema pars ipsius unguis ad vivum resecatur,

Col. 6, 12, 3 (cf. in the adj.:

vulnera circumcidere ad vivas usque partes,

Plin. 28, 10, 43, § 156):

calor ad vivum adveniens,

Liv. 22, 17, 2.— Trop.:

hoc primum sentio, nisi in bonis amicitiam esse non posse: neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi, qui haec subtilius disserunt,

i. e. I do not wish to be understood in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18.—

De vivo detrahere or resecare aliquid, to give or take away from the capital:

dat de lucro: nihil detraxit de vivo,

Cic. Fl. 37, 91:

de vivo igitur erat aliquid resecandum, ut esset, unde, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.—

Transf., lively, ardent (only post-Aug. and very rare):

vivus et ingenuus animus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 17:

vivi pectoris homo,

Arn. 3, 103.— Adv.: vīvē, in a lively manner, very:

vive sapis,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 100 Jacob. (dub.).