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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>vīta</b>: ae (<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. vitaï, Lucr. 1, 415; 2, 79; 3, 396), f. [[vivo]]; Sanscr. gīv, to [[live]]; Gr. [[βίος]], [[life]], [[life]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[tribus]] rebus animantium [[vita]] tenetur, [[cibo]], potione, spiritu, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134: [[dare]], adimere vitam alicui, id. Phil. 2, 3, 5: necessaria praesidia vitae, id. Off. 1, 17, 58: in liberos vitae necisque potestatem habere, Caes. B. G. 6, 19: exiguum vitae [[curriculum]], Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 30: ego in vitā meā nullā [[umquam]] voluptate tantā [[sum]] adfectus, etc., id. Att. 5, 20, 6: vitam agere honestissime, id. Phil. 9, 7, 15; cf.: degere miserrimam, id. Sull. 27, 75: vitam in egestate degere, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 144: tutiorem vivere, id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 118: profundere pro [[aliquo]], id. Phil. 14, 11, 30 fin.: amittere per summum [[dedecus]], id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30: auferre alicui, id. Sen. 19, 71: in vitā manere, id. Fam. 5, 15, 3: in vitā [[diutius]] esse, id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5: e vitā discedere, id. Fam. 2, 2; cf. cedere, id. Brut. 1, 4: vitā cedere, id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35: de vitā decedere, id. Rab. Perd. 11: vitā se privare, id. de Or. 3, 3, 9: vitā aliquem expellere, id. Mur. 16, 34: si [[vita]] suppetet, id. Fin. 1, 4, 11: si mihi [[vita]] contigerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1: ne ego [[hodie]] [[tibi]] bonam vitam feci, a [[pleasant]] [[life]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 3: bonam vitam [[dare]], id. Cas. 4, 4, 21; cf., on the [[other]] [[hand]]: malae taedia vitae, Ov. P. 1, 9, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[life]], as a [[period]] of [[time]] = [[aetas]] ([[post]]-Aug.): ii quadragensimum annum vitae non excedunt, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 195; 7, 2, 2, § 30; 7, 49, 50, § 160: periit [[anno]] vitae [[septimo]] et quinquagesimo, Suet. Vit. 18: [[septem]] et [[triginta]] annos vitae explevit, Tac. A. 2, 88 fin.; Val. Max. 4, 1, 6; 8, 13, ext. 7; Gell. 15, 7, 1; Hier. in Dan. 6, 1.—Plur.: nec [[vero]], si geometrae et grammatici ... omnem suam vitam in singulis artibus consumpserint, sequitur, ut [[plures]] quasdam vitas ad plura discenda desideremus, Quint. 12, 11, 20; cf. also in the foll.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[living]], [[support]], [[subsistence]] (Plautinian; syn. [[victus]]): vitam sibi repperire, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 9; cf.: [[neque]] [[illi]] concedam [[quicquam]] de vitā meā, id. Trin. 2, 4, 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[life]], i. e. a [[way]] or [[mode]] of [[life]] ([[class]].): [[vita]] hominis ex [[ante]] factis spectabitur, Auct. Her. 2, 3, 4: [[vita]] [[rustica]] honestissima [[atque]] suavissima, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48: hanc [[usus]], [[vita]], [[mores]] respuit, id. Mur. 35, 74; cf.: inquirendo in utriusque vitam et [[mores]], Liv. 40, 16, 2; so ([[with]] [[mores]]) Ov. H. 17, 172 Ruhnk.: [[neque]] [[ante]] philosophiam patefactam hac de re [[communis]] [[vita]] dubitavit, [[nor]] [[was]] it doubted in [[common]] [[life]], Cic. Div. 1, 39, 86: [[vita]], victusque [[communis]], [[social]] [[life]], id. Off. 1, 17, 58; cf.: omni vitā [[atque]] victu [[excultus]], id. Brut. 25, 95.—Plur.: inspicere, [[tamquam]] in [[speculum]], in vitas omnium, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61; cf.: per omnium vitas [[amicitia]] serpit, Cic. Leal. 23, 87: ([[Minos]]) vitas et crimina discit, Verg. A. 6, 433. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Life, [[real]] [[life]] (opp. [[fancy]] or [[fiction]]): ex quo est illud e vitā ductum ab Afranio, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45: de vitā hominum mediā sumptum, Gell. 2, 23, 12: nil [[sine]] magno Vita labore dedit mortalibus, Hor. S. 1, 9, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Like [[our]] [[life]], to [[denote]] a [[very]] [[dear]] [[object]]: [[certe]] tu [[vita]] es mihi, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 33.—Hence, mea [[vita]], or [[simply]] [[vita]], my [[life]], as a [[term]] of endearment, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 6; Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; 14, 4, 1; Prop. 1, 2, 1; 2, 20 (3, 13), 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> The [[living]], i. e. [[mankind]], the [[world]]; [[like]] Gr. [[βίος]] ([[poet]]. and in postAug. [[prose]]): rura [[cano]], rurisque deos, his [[vita]] magistris Desuevit quernā pellere glande famem, Tib. 2, 1, 37: agnoscat [[mores]] [[vita]] legatque suos, Mart. 8, 3, 20: [[verum]] falsumne [[sit]], [[vita]] non decrevit, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 48: [[alias]] in tumultu [[vita]] erat, id. 13, 13, 27, § 89.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> A [[life]], i. e. a [[course]] of [[life]], [[career]], as the [[subject]] of biography: in hoc exponemus [[libro]] de vitā (al. vitam) excellentium imperatorum, Nep. praef. § 8; id. Epam. 4 fin.: vitae memoriam prosā oratione composuit, Suet. Claud. 1 fin.: propositā vitae ejus [[velut]] summā, id. Aug. 9: referam [[nunc]] interiorem ac familiarem ejus vitam, id. ib. 61; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 368: qui vitas resque gestas clarorum hominum memoriae mandaverunt, Gell. 1, 3, 1.—<br /> The [[duration]] of [[life]] (in plants, etc.), [[duration]]: arborum immensa, Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234; 16, 44, 90, § 241; Pall. 12, 7, 17.—<br /> An [[existence]], a [[being]], of spirits in the [[infernal]] regions: tenues [[sine]] corpore vitae, Verg. A. 6, 292; cf. id. ib. 12, 952.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>vīta</b>,⁵ æ, f. ([[vivo]]),<br /><b>1</b> vie, existence : Cic. Nat. 2, 134 ; Off. 1, 58, etc. ; vitam agere, degere, vivre, v. ces verbes ; v. [[profundo]], [[cedo]], [[decedo]], [[discedo]], [[privo]], etc. &#124;&#124; [en parl. des plantes] : Plin. 16, 234 ; 241 &#124;&#124; [[septem]] et [[triginta]] annos vitæ explere Tac. Ann. 2, 88, accomplir trente-sept ans de vie ; quadragensimum annum vitæ [[non]] excedere Plin. 6, 195, ne pas dépasser quarante ans d’existence &#124;&#124; [[plures]] vitas desiderare Quint. 12, 11, 20, souhaiter vivre un [[plus]] grand nombre de vies<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> vie, genre de vie, manière de vivre : [[vita]] [[rustica]] Cic. Amer. 48, la vie des champs, cf. Cic. Mur. 74 ; Br. 95, etc. ; vitæ [[societas]] Cic. Phil. 2, 7, la vie sociale, les relations de société &#124;&#124; bonam vitam alicui facere *Pl. Pers. 734, rendre la vie heureuse à qqn ; <b> b)</b> subsistance, moyens d’existence : Pl. St. 462 ; Trin. 477 ; <b> c)</b> la vie = la réalité : [[aliquid]] e [[vita]] ductum Cic. Tusc. 4, 45, qqch. pris sur le vif, cf. Gell. 2, 23, 12 ; <b> d)</b> = personne chérie, objet cher entre tous : mea [[vita]] Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3, ma chère âme ; <b> e)</b> la vie humaine, le monde : [[vita]] desuevit pellere glande famem Tib. 2, 1, 37, l’espèce humaine a cessé de chasser la faim avec le gland [!...], cf. Plin. 8, 48 ; Mart. 8, 3, 20 ; <b> f)</b> vie racontée, biographie, histoire : Nep. præf. 8 ; Epam. 4, 6 ; Suet. Claud. 1 ; Aug. 9 ; Gell. 1, 3, 1 ; <b> g)</b> vitæ = les âmes, les ombres aux enfers : Virg. En. 6, 292.
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{{Georges
|georg=vīta, ae, f. (aus *vīvita zu [[vivo]]), das [[Leben]], I) eig. u. übtr.: a) eig.: in [[vita]] [[esse]], [[leben]], Cic.: discedere a [[vita]], cedere e u. ex [[vita]] od. bl. vitā, excedere e [[vita]] od. bl. vitā, Cic.: abire e [[vita]], Cic.: abire vitā, Vell.: vitam ponere, [[sein]] [[Leben]] [[lassen]], Cic.: vitam amittere, Cic.: vitam profundere [[pro]] alqo, Cic.: perducere vitam ad annum centesimum, Cic.: si [[vita]] suppetet, [[wenn]] [[ich]] das [[Leben]] [[haben]] werde, Cic.: vitā frui, Cic.: vitā vivere, vitam vivere, [[leben]], Plaut.: vitam tutam vivere, Cic.: vitam miserrimam degere, Cic.: vitam agere, s. [[agono]]. II, B, 1, β (Bd. 1. S. 265): vitam colere, s. 2. colono. II, 2, a (Bd. 1. S. 1279): vitam tolerare, s. [[tolero]]: vitam transire ([[zubringen]]), Sall. u. Sen. (u. so [[sine]] adversario vitam, Sen.): vitam silentio transigere, Vulg.: vitam trahere ([[hinschleppen]]), Verg., Plin. u.a.: in [[vita]] manere, Cic.: vitam alci adimere, Cic., od. auferre, Cic., od. alqm vitā privare, Cic., od. expellere, Cic.: eādem manu [[sibi]] vitam exhaurire, quā etc., Cic.: vitam suspendio amittere, Gell.: alci vitam dare ([[schenken]]), Sen.: vitam producere ([[verlängern]]), Nep., Ggstz. abrumpere, Verg.: vitā defungi, Sen., Curt. u. Gell. vitam finire, s. [[finiono]]. I, B, 3, a: deûm vitam accipere, Verg.: in mea [[vita]], in meinem ganzen [[Leben]], Cic.: in [[vita]], in meinem od. seinem (ganzen) [[Leben]], Cic. u. Hor. (s. Fritzsche Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 8, 4). – Plur., [[plures]] vitae, Quint.: vitae volantum, Verg.: serpit per omnium vitas [[amicitia]], Cic. – b) übtr., v. Bäumen u. Gewächsen, das [[Leben]] = die [[Dauer]], [[Fortdauer]], [[vita]] arborum quarundam immensa credi potest, Plin. 16, 234: brevissima [[vita]] est punicis, fico, [[malis]], Plin. 16, 241: [[castanea]], [[quae]] plantis seritur, [[ita]] aegra est, ut biennio de [[eius]] [[vita]] [[saepe]] dubitetur, Pallad. 12, 7, 17. – II) meton.: 1) das [[Leben]], die [[Lebensart]], [[Lebensweise]], der [[Lebensberuf]], [[Lebenswandel]], [[rustica]], Cic.: [[cui]] in opere [[vita]] erat, Ter. – [[vita]] hominis ex [[ante]] factis spectatur, Cornif. rhet.: hanc orationem [[usus]], [[vita]], [[mores]], [[civitas]] ipsa respuit, Cic.: [[ego]] bonam vitam [[tibi]] [[hodie]] feci (hab' verschafft), Plaut.: deorum vitam apti sumus, [[ein]] wahres [[Götterleben]] wird's, Ter. – Plur., inspicere [[tamquam]] in [[speculum]] in vitas omnium, Ter. adelph. 415. – 2) das [[Leben]] = der [[Lebenslauf]], die [[Lebensbeschreibung]], [[als]] [[Gegenstand]] der [[Darstellung]], die [[Biographie]], vitae excellentium imperatorum od. virorum, Nep.: vitae resque gestae clarorum hominum, Gell.: vitae scriptores, seine [[Lebensbeschreiber]], Biographen, Lampr.: [[librum]] de [[vita]] alcis edere, Plin. ep. – 3) das [[Lebensglück]], [[paene]] illusi vitam filiae, Ter. Andr. 822. – 4) das [[Leben]], zur Bezeichnung [[einer]] [[sehr]] geliebten od. teueren [[Person]], Aeschinus, nostra omnium [[vita]], Ter.: dah. [[als]] [[ein]] Liebkosungswort, mea [[vita]]! [[mein]] [[Leben]]! Plaut. u. Cic. – 5) die [[Seele]], der [[Schatten]], in der [[Unterwelt]], tenues [[sine]] corpore vitae, Verg. Aen. 6, 292. – 6) der [[Lebensunterhalt]], die [[Nahrung]], reperire [[sibi]] vitam, Plaut.: de [[vita]] mea, Plaut. – 7) die lebenden Menschen, die [[Welt]] ([[wie]] das griech. [[βίος]]), [[verum]] falsumne sit, [[non]] [[vita]] decreverit, Plin. 8, 48; vgl. Plin. 28. § 6 u. 35 118. Tibull. 2, 1, 37. Mart. 8, 3, 20. – / arch. [[veita]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1009 u.ö.; vulg. [[bita]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 1741; arch. Genet. vitai, Lucr. 1, 415 u.a. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1202.
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|lnetxt=vita vitae N F :: life, career, livelihood; mode of life
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