vegetus
Καιροῦ τυχὼν καὶ πτωχὸς ἰσχύει μέγα → Mendicus etiam saepe valet in tempore → Zur rechten Zeit vermag sogar ein Bettler viel
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vĕgĕtus: a, um, adj. vegeo,
I enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightly (class.; cf.: acer, alacer, valens).
I Lit.: te vegetum nobis in Graeciā siste, Cic. Att. 10, 16, 6: fessi cum recentibus ac vegetis pugnabant, Liv. 22, 47, 10: vegetus praescripta ad munia surgit, Hor. S. 2, 2, 81: nigris vegetisque oculis, valetudine prosperā, Suet. Caes. 45: vegetior ab inferis recurrit, App. M. 6, p. 181, 32.—Comp.: vegetior aspectus (tauri), Col. 6, 20.—Sup.: vegetissimus color conchyliorum, Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46.—
II Trop.: mens, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 41: sed vegetum ingenium in vivido pectore vigebat, Liv. 6, 22, 7: tertia pars rationis et mentis, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61: libertas, Sen. Hippol. 459: gustus, keen, Aus. Eph. Ord. Cog. 3.—Sup.: hoc intervallum temporis vegetissimum agricolis maximeque operosum est, the liveliest, busiest, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 238.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vĕgĕtus,¹³ a, um (vegeo), bien vivant, vif, dispos : Cic. Att. 10, 16, 6 ; Liv. 22, 47, 10 ; Hor. S. 2, 2, 81 ; vegetior Col. Rust. 6, 20 ; -tissimus Plin. 21, 46 || [fig.] Cic. Tusc. 1, 41 ; Liv. 6, 22, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
vegetus, a, um (vegeo), körperlich u. geistig belebt, lebhaft, munter, rüstig, I) eig.: homo, Cic.: oculi, Suet.: aspectus vegetior, Colum.: pulsus venarum (Ggstz. languidior), Val. Max.: intervallum temporis vegetissimum, der belebteste, regsamste, Plin. – mens, Cic.: ingenium, Liv.: consilium, Val. Max.: vegetioris esse ingenii, Val. Max. – II) übtr., lebhaft, von der Farbe, color vegetissimus, Plin. 21, 46: v. Geschmack, gustus, pikant, Auson. ephem. 6. loc. ord. coqu. 3. p. 8, 3 Schenkl: libertas, munter, belebt, Sen. Hipp. (Phaedr.) 460 (468).
