vivax

English

Noun

vivax (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.
    • 2009, Eli Schwartz, Tropical Diseases in Travelers, page 225:
      Thus, the usefulness of chloroquine or other blood stage prophylaxis in complete prevention of vivax is very limited (it might have some value only in areas where the relapse rate is very low), and it should not be regarded as a vivax prophylaxis.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From vīvō (“to live, to be alive”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vīvāx (genitive vīvācis, adverb vīvāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. Tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious; venerable.
  2. Long-lasting, enduring, durable.
  3. Lively, vigorous, vivacious, energetic.

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative vīvāx vīvācēs vīvācia
Genitive vīvācis vīvācium
Dative vīvācī vīvācibus
Accusative vīvācem vīvāx vīvācēs vīvācia
Ablative vīvācī vīvācibus
Vocative vīvāx vīvācēs vīvācia

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: vivaç
  • English: vivacious
  • French: vivace
  • Galician: vivaz
  • Italian: vivace
  • Spanish: vivaz
  • Romanian: vivace
  • Portuguese: vivaz

References
  • “vivax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vivax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vivax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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