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|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]] | |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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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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vīta: ae (
I gen. sing. vitaï, Lucr. 1, 415; 2, 79; 3, 396), f. vivo; Sanscr. gīv, to live; Gr. βίος, life, life.
I Lit.
A 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.—
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.—
II Transf.
A 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.—
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. —
C 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.—
D 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.—
E 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.—
F 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.—
The duration of life (in plants, etc.), duration: arborum immensa, Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234; 16, 44, 90, § 241; Pall. 12, 7, 17.—
An existence, a being, of spirits in the infernal regions: tenues sine corpore vitae, Verg. A. 6, 292; cf. id. ib. 12, 952.
