life Copy link Outline I. Of men or animals1. vīta (gen. term)2. ănĭma (the vital principle, not involving intelligence)3. sălus, ūtis, f. (of one whose life is endangered by illness or other causes)II. Human life, as a period of timeIII. Human life, as including actions and characterIV. Animating spirit, vivacity1. vĭgor (rather stronger than the Eng.)2. sūcus or succus (lit. juice, sap)3. ălacrĭtas4. vĭrĭdĭtas (young, fresh l.)V. The reality • life: I. Of men or animals: 1. vīta (gen. term): the l. of animals, v. animantium, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134: man's physical l., v. quae corpore et spiritu continetur, id. Marc. 9, 28: to take away any one's l., v. alicui eripere, Cic. Ph. 2, 24, 60; adimere, id. Pl. 42, 101; auferre, id. Sen. 19, 71: to quit l., vita excedere; cedere e vita, etc. (v. to die): to come to l. again, reviviscere, Cic.: to sacrifice one's l. freely, v. profundere, Cic. Fam. 1, 4. 2. ănĭma (the vital principle, not involving intelligence): sometimes used = vita: cf. Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18, de vestra vita, de conjugum vestrarum ac liberorum anima (to avoid repetition): more freq. = mere existence; cf. Sall. Jug. 14, med., pauci quibus relicta est anima: v. breath. Dimin. animula, a spark of l. (fig.), Cic. Att. 9, 7, init. 3. sălus, ūtis, f. (of one whose life is endangered by illness or other causes): without hope of saving l., sine spe salutis, Nep. Att. fin.: not to save l. but to destroy it, non ad salutem sed ad necem, Auct. Har. Resp. 16, extr. Phr.: 'tis not a matter of l. and death with him, non capitis ejus res agitur, Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 26: early l., iniens aetas, Cic. Off. 1, 34, 122; prima aetas, Suet. Caes. 30: the prime of l., bona aetas, Cic. Sen. 14, 48; constans aetas, ib. 10, 33: the decline of l., senectus, ib.; more precisely, deterior aetas (poet.), Ov. Pont. 1, 4, 1. II. Human life, as a period of time: aetas: v. life-time. III. Human life, as including actions and character: vīta: the l.s of eminent commanders, vita excellentium imperatorum, Nep. pref. extr.: l. and character, v., mores, Liv. 40, 16, init.: an honourable, disgraceful l., vita honesta, turpis, Cic. pass. IV. Animating spirit, vivacity: 1. vĭgor (rather stronger than the Eng.): the same l. (energy) in his looks, idem v. in vultu, Liv. 21, 4: v. vigour. 2. sūcus or succus (lit. juice, sap): to drain away all the l. of genius, omnem s. ingenii bibere, Quint. lib. 1, prooem., § 24 (said of the effect of too much technicality): Cic. Or. 23, 76. Join: sucus et sanguis [civitatis], Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6. 3. ălacrĭtas: v. alacrity, cheerfulness. 4. vĭrĭdĭtas (young, fresh l.): Cic. Am. 3, 11. Phr.: to lose l., languescere (de oratore), Cic. Sen. 9, 28: see also to flag. V. The reality: of living things: Phr.: to paint from the l., perh. *ipsa corpora ob oculos posita pingendo exprimere; ipsorum corporum pingendo imaginem exprimere. Fig.: to the l., *ad ipsam rei speciem (?). See also graphic, graphically.