vivax
English
Noun
vivax (uncountable)
- (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.
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Latin
Etymology
From vīvō (“to live, to be alive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwiː.waːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviː.vaks]
Adjective
vīvāx (genitive vīvācis, adverb vīvāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious; venerable.
- Long-lasting, enduring, durable.
- Lively, vigorous, vivacious, energetic.
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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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.