vīvĭdus, a, um, adj. [vivo], containing life, living, animated (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. Fest. p. 376 Müll.).
I In gen. (very rare): tellus, Lucr. 1, 178.—
B Transf., of pictorial representations, true to the life , animated , spirited , vivid : signa, Prop. 2, 31 (3, 29), 8: cera, Mart. 7, 44, 2: imago, Claud. B. Get. 468 (cf.: vivi de marmore vultus, Verg. A. 6, 848).—Far more freq.,
II Pregn., full of life , lively , vigorous , vivid : corpus, Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 10: senectus, Tac. A. 6, 27: Umber (canis), Verg. A. 12, 753: dextra bello, id. ib. 10, 609: vis animi, Lucr. 1, 72; so, animi, Plin. Pan. 44, 6: ingenium, Liv. 2, 48, 3: pectus, id. 6, 22, 7: bello vivida virtus, Verg. A. 5, 754: odia, Tac. A. 15, 49: eloquentia, id. ib. 13, 42: epigrammata, Mart. 11, 42, 1.— Comp. : merum, Mart. 8, 6, 12: spiritus, Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.—Adv.: vīvĭdē , vigorously (acc. to II.); in comp. , Gell. 7, 3, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 7.