vive

vive is a Latin form of vis, meaning “force, power, violence; (pl.) strength”. It is the dative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of vivo, “live”. It is the 2nd person singular present active imperative.

Found 67 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 2.12.2: … ad Adiatorigem, quamquam omnia nec benigna nec copiosa cognorant. urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole et in ista luce vive; omnis peregrinatio, quod ego ab adulescentia iudicavi, obscura et sordidast iis, quorum industria Romae pote …

Ovid, Amores 2.9b.25: 'Vive' deus 'posito' siquis mihi dicat 'amore!'

Suetonius, Divus Augustus 99.1.1: omnibus deinde dimissis, dum aduenientes ab urbe de Drusi filia aegra interrogat, repente in osculis Liuiae et in hac uoce defecit: 'Liuia, nostri coniugii memor uiue, ac uale!' sortitus exitum facilem et qualem semper optauerat.

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.