līvĕo, ēre, v. n. [for pliveo; Gr. πελιός, πελλός, dark-blue; cf.: pullus, pallidus],
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.—
II Trop., to be envious, to envy (mostly poet. for invideo).
α Absol. : livet Carinus, rumpitur, furit, plorat, Mart. 8, 61, 1; Stat. Th. 11, 211.—
β With dat., to envy : livere iis, qui eloquentiam exercent, Tac. A. 13, 42: qui mihi livet, Mart. 6, 86, 6; 11, 94, 1.
V —Hence, lī-vens , entis, P. a.
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.—
B Envious : quid imprecabor, o Severe, liventi? Mart. 8, 61, 8.—Adv.: līventer , lividly , Paul. Petr. 4, 192.