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ζέσιν τοῦ περὶ καρδίαν αἵματος καὶ θερμοῦ → surging of the blood and heat round the heart

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

līvĭdus: a, um, adj. liveo,
I of a blue or leaden color, bluish, blue.
I Lit.: vada, Verg. A. 6, 320: lividissima vorago, Cat. 17, 11: racemi, Hor. C. 2, 5, 10.—
   B Esp., produced by beating, bruising, etc., black and blue, livid: livida armis Bracchia, Hor. C. 1, 8, 10: ora livida facta, Ov. H. 20, 82; Plin. 24, 11, 55, § 93.—
   C Transf., making livid, i. e. deadly: livida materno fervent adipata veneno, Juv. 6, 631.—
II Trop., envious, invidious, spiteful, malicious.
   A Of persons: invidi et malevoli et lividi, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28 (dub.): nos nostraque lividus odit, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 89.—
   B Of inanim. and abstr. things: lingua, Ov. F. 1, 74: obliviones (because forgetfulness robs the deserving of the praise which is his due), Hor. C. 4, 9, 33: sententia, spiteful, malicious, Sen. Contr. 2, 14.—Hence, līvĭdē, adv., of a leaden color, lividly.—Comp., Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94 dub.