Ennius and the tragedians make it express the stronger emotions, as violence: "Priamo vi vitam evitari.
His lachrymis vitam damus, et miserescimus ultro=--To these tears we grant him life, and pity him besides.
Leporis vitam vivit=--He lives the life of a hare, i.
Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia=--Fortune rules this life, and not wisdom.
Vitam impendere vero=--To devote one's life to the truth.
Sine amicitia vitam esse nullam=--There is no 35 life without friendship.
A Monk of St. Albans made this Hexameter allusively to his Name: Dictus erat Nequam, vitamduxit tamen aquam.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vitam" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
