long-lived, tenacious of life; lively, vigorous, energetic; high-spirited
Latin word, found 40 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Eclogues 7.30: et ramosa Micon vivacis cornua cervi.
Ovid, Amores 2.6.54: Et vivax phoenix, unica semper avis;
Ovid, Medicamina faciei femineae 1.59: Et quae prima cadent vivaci cornua cervo,
All forms of vivax