2. ē-vīto, āre, āvi, v. a. [vita], to deprive of life, to kill (ante- and post-class.): vidi, Priamo vi vitam evitari, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85 (Trag. v. 129 ed. Vahl.): evitat vitam regi, Att. ap. Non. 449, 32 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 181): tres juvenes, App. M. 3, p. 133 (al. enecasse); cf. Ἐναρίζω, evito, Gloss. Gr. Lat.