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virium

virium is a Latin form of vis, meaning “force, power, violence; (pl.) strength”. It is the genitive plural feminine noun.

Found 248 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.26.3: … ibus petierunt, ne se et communes liberos hostibus ad supplicium dederent, quos ad capiendam fugam naturae et virium infirmitas impediret.

Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.8.7: cum iam uirium haud paeniteret consilium deinde uiribus parat. centum creat senatores, siue quia is numerus satis erat, siue quia soli centum erant qui creari patres possent. patres certe ab honore patriciique progenies eorum appellati.

All forms of vis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.