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vĕgĕo, ēre, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. ugras, strong; Gr. ὑγιής, healthful; cf. vigeo, vigor; augeo, vigil].

  1. I. Act., to move, excite, quicken, arouse (ante-class.): aequora salsa veges ingentibu’ ventis, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 3 (Com. v. 2, p. 153 Vahl.): cum magno strepitu Volcanum ventu’ vegebat, id. ap. Fest. s. v. metonymia, p. 153 Müll. (Ann. v. 477 Vahl.): animos Venus veget voluptatibus, Pompon. ap. Non. 183, 2.
  2. II. Neutr., to be lively, active: viget, veget utpote plurimum, Varr. ap. Non. 183, 6.

vĕgĕtus, a, um, adj. [vegeo], enlivened, lively, animated, vigorous, active, brisk, sprightly (class.; cf.: acer, alacer, valens).

  1. I. Lit.: te vegetum nobis in Graeciā siste, Cic. Att. 10, 16, 6: fessi cum recentibus ac vegetis pugnabant, Liv. 22, 47, 10: vegetus praescripta ad munia surgit, Hor. S. 2, 2, 81: nigris vegetisque oculis, valetudine prosperā, Suet. Caes. 45: vegetior ab inferis recurrit, App. M. 6, p. 181, 32.
    Comp.: vegetior aspectus (tauri), Col. 6, 20.
    Sup.: vegetissimus color conchyliorum, Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46.
  2. II. Trop.: mens, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 41: sed vegetum ingenium in vivido pectore vigebat, Liv. 6, 22, 7: tertia pars rationis et mentis, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61: libertas, Sen. Hippol. 459: gustus, keen, Aus. Eph. Ord. Cog. 3.
    Sup.: hoc intervallum temporis vegetissimum agricolis maximeque operosum est, the liveliest, busiest, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 238.