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liveo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *(s)līwēō, *(s)leiwēō, or *(s)loiwēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-, suffixed form of *(s)leh₃y- (bluish). Cognate with Old English slāh (sloe), Welsh lliw (splendor, color), Old Irish li, Lithuanian slywas (plum), Old Church Slavonic and Russian слива (sliva, plum).[1] Alternatively, not being attested prior to Cicero, phonologically may only otherwise derive from līvidus, in which case the latter having an equivalent etymology.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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līveō (present infinitive līvēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to be of a bluish color; to be livid
  2. (figuratively) to be envious, envy

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: allibbire, allibire

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līvidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347

Further reading

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  • liveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • liveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • liveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.