(adj.Adj.adj.) : vīvus, a, um (
* Sup. vivissimus, cited without example by Fest. p. 379 Müll.), adj. vivo, alive, living, that has life.
* Lit.
* Adj.
* 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.).
* 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.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.