livelihood Copy link • livelihood: victus, ūs: to get one's l. by any means, aliqua re v. quaeritare, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 48 (v. quaerere, to search for food, Phaedr. 3, 16, 4). Phr.: to get a (scant) l. by manual labour, manuum mercede inopiam tolerare, Sall. Cat. 37: cf. Ulp. Dig. 50, 16, 203, se tolerare, to get one's l., support oneself.