life-giving Copy link Outline 1. almus (giving or sustaining life2. vītālis, e (connected in any way with life) • life-giving: 1. almus (giving or sustaining life: poet.): cf. Lucr. 1, 2 (alma Venus), Hor. Car. Saec. 9 (alme Sol). 2. vītālis, e (connected in any way with life): l. power (of heat), vis v., Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24. Phr.: l. power, procreandi vis et causa gignendi, ib. 10, extr.