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Lewis Short
(adjective) : vōtīvus, a, um, votum.
* Of or belonging to a vow, promised by a vow, given in consequence of a vow, votive (class.): ludi,Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31; cf. Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158: tabula,Hor. C. 1, 5, 14: juvenca,id. Ep. 1, 3, 36: sanguis,Ov. H. 20, 236: tura,id. Am. 3, 13, 9: carmina,id. A. A. 1, 205: legatio, which was undertaken (often as a mere pretext) to fulfil a vow in a province, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; 15, 11, 4: noctes,Prop. 2, 28, 62 (3, 26, 16).
* Conformable to one's wish, wished for, longed for, desired (post-class.): conspectus,App. M. 7, p. 193, 9: hospitium,id. ib. 8, p. 216, 24: nuptiae,id. ib. 5, p. 167, 32: mors, Prud. στεφ. 10, 330: constabat, votivum, illi fuisse, quod, etc., Treb. Gall. 3.
* Of or belonging to a vow, promised by a vow, given in consequence of a vow, votive (class.): ludi,Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31; cf. Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158: tabula,Hor. C. 1, 5, 14: juvenca,id. Ep. 1, 3, 36: sanguis,Ov. H. 20, 236: tura,id. Am. 3, 13, 9: carmina,id. A. A. 1, 205: legatio, which was undertaken (often as a mere pretext) to fulfil a vow in a province, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; 15, 11, 4: noctes,Prop. 2, 28, 62 (3, 26, 16).
* Conformable to one's wish, wished for, longed for, desired (post-class.): conspectus,App. M. 7, p. 193, 9: hospitium,id. ib. 8, p. 216, 24: nuptiae,id. ib. 5, p. 167, 32: mors, Prud. στεφ. 10, 330: constabat, votivum, illi fuisse, quod, etc., Treb. Gall. 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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