lively Copy link Outline I. Full of life and animation2. ălăcer, cris, cre (cheerful, brisk, full of spirit; being nearly = acer)3. lĕpĭdus, festīvus (the former denoting an easy, graceful manner; the latter, pleasantry and power of amusing converse)4. perh. argūtus (quick, smart)II. Of colours, bright, gay • lively: I. Full of life and animation: 1. vĕgĕtus (fresh and full of life): bright, l. eyes, nigri v.que oculi, Suet. Caes. 45: but the word mostly expresses more than the Eng.: v. vigorous. 2. ălăcer, cris, cre (cheerful, brisk, full of spirit; being nearly = acer): l. (cheerful) and in good spirits, a. atque laetus, Cic. Mur. 24, 49: rarely of things, a l. pleasure, a. voluptas, Virg. E. 5, 58. 3. lĕpĭdus, festīvus (the former denoting an easy, graceful manner; the latter, pleasantry and power of amusing converse): v. graceful, pleasant. 4. perh. argūtus (quick, smart): cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27, oculi nimis arguti, where he refers to the quick, lively expressiveness of the eyes. II. Of colours, bright, gay: vĕgĕtus: very l. hue, vegetissimus color, Plin. 21, 8, 22.