(verb) : vĭgĕo, ēre, Sanscr. ugras, mighty; Gr. ὑγιής, sound; cf. Lat. vegeo, vigil, augeo
* To be lively or vigorous; to thrive, flourish, bloom; to be in honor, esteem, repute, etc. (class.; mostly of things, concrete and abstract; cf. valeo).
* In gen.: quae a terrā stirpibus continentur, arte naturae vivunt et vigent,Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 83: quod sentit, quod sapit, quod vivit, quod viget,id. Tusc. 1, 27, 66: sive occiderit animus sive vigeat,id. ib. 1, 43, 104: vegetum ingenium in vivido pectore vigebat,Liv. 6, 22, 7: Volsci fessi ... Romani vigentes corporibus,id. 2, 30, 14: animus Laetitiā viget,Lucr. 3, 150: nos animo duntaxat vigemus, etiam magis quam cum florebamus,Cic. Att. 4, 3, 6: memoriā vigere,id. de Or. 2, 87, 355: viget aetas, animus valet,Sall. C. 20, 10: fama Mobilitate viget,Verg. A. 4, 175: nec viget quicquam simile aut secundum,Hor. C. 1, 12, 18: cujus facta viva nunc vigent, Naev. ap Gell. 6, 8, 5: vigebant studia rei militaris,Cic. Cael. 5, 12: audacia, largitio, avaritia vigebant,Sall. C. 3, 3: tui politici libri omnes vigent, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: quem (Philonem) in Academiā maxime vigere audio, i. e. is in the highest repute or esteem, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110; so id. ib. 1, 11, 45; id. Fam. 7, 33, 1: Harmodius in ore et Aristogito ... viget,id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116: regum conciliis,Verg. A. 2, 88.
* Of persons, to live, be alive: Persarum vigui rege beatior. Hor. C. 3, 9, 4; 3, 9, 8: ab tergo Alpes urgent, vix integris vobis ac vigentibus transitae,Liv. 21, 43, 4.