animated (adj. and <i Copy link Outline I. Endowed with life1. ănĭmans, antis2. ănĭmālis, eII. Lively, vigorous1. vīvĭdus2. vĕgĕtus3. vĕhĕmens, ntis (stronger than the preceding. v. FORCIBLE)4. ălăcerIII. Actuated by certain feelings • animated (adj. and part.): I. Endowed with life: 1. ănĭmans, antis: the world is a., mundus est animans, Cic.: not even to grant that the gods are a., ne a. quidem esse deos concedere, Cic. 2. ănĭmālis, e: a. bodies, a. corpora, Lucr.: a. links (of bodies), vincula a., Cic.: an a. intelligence pervades all things, quaedam a. intelligentia omnia per omnia permeat et transit, Cic. II. Lively, vigorous: 1. vīvĭdus: a. statues (i. e. life-like.), v. signa, Prop. (Virg.'s spirantia aera): an a. image, v. imago, Claud.: a. epigrams, v. epigrammata, Mart. 2. vĕgĕtus: black a. eyes, nigri vegetique oculi, Suet.: the bull has a more a. look, tauro vegetior aspectus, Col.: fig.: this interval of time is the most a. (i. e., busy, full of life) with the farmer, hoc intervallum vegetissimum agricolis, Plin.: v. fresh, lively.--Note. Vividus refers rather to vigour, vegetus to liveliness and activity. 3. vĕhĕmens, ntis (stronger than the preceding. v. forcible): a vigorous and a. speaker, orator acer et v., Cic.: an a. speaker, v. orator, Cic.: a vigorous and a. speech, acris et v. oratio, Quint. 4. ălăcer: v. brisk, active. III. Actuated by certain feelings: ănĭmātus: I have always been a. towards you by the kindliest feelings, erga vos omni tempore optime fui a., Cic.: we see that the state is a. towards you just as it has been treated by you, civitatem ut abs te affecta est, ita in te esse animatam videmus, Cic. (To be a. by certain feelings = to entertain them: q.v.).