līvor, ōris, m. [liveo], bluish color, leaden color, a black and blue spot.
I Lit.: jam livorem tute scapulis istoc concinnas tuis, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 19: livore decoloratum corpus mortui, Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8: ostendere nigram in facie tumidis livoribus offam, Juv. 16, 11; Quint. 2, 21, 19; cf. id. 5, 9, 1; 11; 5, 10, 46: illinitur livoribus, Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 240.—Of a speck or taint in fruit: uva conspectā livorem ducit ab uva, Juv. 2, 81: tum sucos herbasque dedi queis livor abiret, Tib. 1, 6, 13.—
II Trop., envy, spite, malice, ill-will (mostly poet. and post-Aug. for invidia): summā malevolentiā et livore impediuntur, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1: obtrectatio et livor, Tac. H. 1, 1: pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 39: ergo submotum patriā proscindere, livor, Desine, id. P. 4, 16, 47: rumpere, livor edax, id. R. Am. 389: cupidus, Prop. 1, 8, 29: livor ac malignitas, Suet. Calig. 34; Plin. Pan. 3, 4; 58, 5.