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līvĕo, ēre, v. n. [for pliveo; Gr. πελιός, πελλός, dark-blue; cf.: pullus, pallidus],

  1. I. to be of a bluish color, black and blue, livid: livent rubigine dentes, Ov. M. 2, 776: livere catenis, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 65.
  2. II. Trop., to be envious, to envy (mostly poet. for invideo).
          1. (α) Absol.: livet Carinus, rumpitur, furit, plorat, Mart. 8, 61, 1; Stat. Th. 11, 211.
          2. (β) With dat., to envy: livere iis, qui eloquentiam exercent, Tac. A. 13, 42: qui mihi livet, Mart. 6, 86, 6; 11, 94, 1.
            Hence, lī-vens, entis, P. a.
    1. A. Bluish, lead-colored, black and blue, livid: plumbum, Verg. A. 7, 687: pruna, Ov. M. 13, 817: crura compedibus, id. Am. 2, 2, 47: oculi in morte, Stat. Th. 1, 617: venenum, Sil. 2, 707.
    2. B. Envious: quid imprecabor, o Severe, liventi? Mart. 8, 61, 8.
      Adv.: līventer, lividly, Paul. Petr. 4, 192.