vivi-

Word Origin

a combining form meaning “living,” “alive,” used in the formation of compound words:

vivisection.

Origin

< Latin vīvi-, combining form of vīvus alive; akin to vīvere to live (see vital)

Related Words

vivify
viviparous
vivisection

vivi-|ˈvɪvɪ|combining form of L. vīvus alive, living, employed in a few terms, as † vivicomˈbustion = next; vivicreˈmation, the action of burning, or the fact of being burned, alive; † vividiˈssection = vivisection 2; viviˈsepulture, burying alive.a1711G. Grey Life M. Robinson in Mayor Autobiogr. (1856) 31 He was invited by some learned persons in other colleges to shew them vividisections of dogs.1827G. S. Faber Sacr. Cal. Prophecy (1844) I. 220 The horrid penalty of vivi-cremation which a corrupt Church has specially appropriated to those whom she denominates heretics.1852J. W. Blakesley Herodotus I. 87 Many centuries afterwards..human sacrifices appear to have been offered to Mithras, but then not by vivi-combustion.1861R. F. Burton City of Saints 580 They are a superstitious brood and have many cruel practices—human sacrifices and vivisepulture.1863Liddell in Archaeol. XL. 243 Pliny speaks of the practice of vivisepulture as continued to his own time.

vivi-
combining form
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin, from vivus — more at quick
: alive : living
< vividialysis >
< viviperfuse >
< vivisection >

词汇	vivi-
词根词缀	Dictionary.com OED Webster vivi- Word Origin 1 a combining form meaning “living,” “alive,” used in the formation of compound words: vivisection. Origin < Latin vīvi-, combining form of vīvus alive; akin to vīvere to live (see vital) Related Words vivify viviparous vivisection vivi-\|ˈvɪvɪ\|combining form of L. vīvus alive, living, employed in a few terms, as † vivicomˈbustion = next; vivicreˈmation, the action of burning, or the fact of being burned, alive; † vividiˈssection = vivisection 2; viviˈsepulture, burying alive.a1711G. Grey Life M. Robinson in Mayor Autobiogr. (1856) 31 He was invited by some learned persons in other colleges to shew them vividisections of dogs.1827G. S. Faber Sacr. Cal. Prophecy (1844) I. 220 The horrid penalty of vivi-cremation which a corrupt Church has specially appropriated to those whom she denominates heretics.1852J. W. Blakesley Herodotus I. 87 Many centuries afterwards..human sacrifices appear to have been offered to Mithras, but then not by vivi-combustion.1861R. F. Burton City of Saints 580 They are a superstitious brood and have many cruel practices—human sacrifices and vivisepulture.1863Liddell in Archaeol. XL. 243 Pliny speaks of the practice of vivisepulture as continued to his own time. vivi- combining form Etymology: Middle French, from Latin, from vivus — more at quick : alive : living < vividialysis > < viviperfuse > < vivisection >
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