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Vigor
Vig′or
,Noun.
1.
Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.
The
vigor
of this arm was never vain. Dryden.
2.
Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action;
as, a plant grows with
. vigor
3.
Strength; efficacy; potency.
But in the fruithful earth . . .
His beams, unactive else, their
His beams, unactive else, their
vigor
find. Milton.
☞ Vigor and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.
Vig′or
,Verb.
T.
To invigorate.
[Obs.]
Feltham.
Definition 2024
vigor
vigor
Latin
Etymology
From vigeō (“thrive, flourish”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwi.ɡor/
Noun
vigor m (genitive vigōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vigor | vigōrēs |
| genitive | vigōris | vigōrum |
| dative | vigōrī | vigōribus |
| accusative | vigōrem | vigōrēs |
| ablative | vigōre | vigōribus |
| vocative | vigor | vigōrēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- vigor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vigor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- VIGOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vigor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- vigor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Old French
Noun
vigor m (oblique plural vigors, nominative singular vigors, nominative plural vigor)
- Alternative form of vigur