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* līvēdo, ĭnis, f. [liveo], blueness, lividness, produced by bruises, blows, etc.: homunculi vibicibus livedinis totam cutem depicti, App. M. 9, p. 222, 26.

līvens, entis, Part. and P. a., from liveo.

līventer, adv., v. liveo, P. a., A. fin.

līvĕo, ēre, v. n. [for pliveo; Gr. πελιός, πελλός, dark-blue; cf.: pullus, pallidus],

  1. 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.
  2. II. Trop., to be envious, to envy (mostly poet. for invideo).
          1. (α) Absol.: livet Carinus, rumpitur, furit, plorat, Mart. 8, 61, 1; Stat. Th. 11, 211.
          2. (β) With dat., to envy: livere iis, qui eloquentiam exercent, Tac. A. 13, 42: qui mihi livet, Mart. 6, 86, 6; 11, 94, 1.
            Hence, lī-vens, entis, P. a.
    1. 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.
    2. B. Envious: quid imprecabor, o Severe, liventi? Mart. 8, 61, 8.
      Adv.: līventer, lividly, Paul. Petr. 4, 192.

līvesco, ĕre,

  1. I. v. n., to turn black and blue, become livid: digiti, Lucr. 3, 528; Scrib. Comp. 181.
  2. * II. Trop., to envy, be envious: nec enim livescere fas est, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 27.