John, the sonne of Roger Digges of Mildenhall (which Roger is the first in this genealogie), vixit tempore Henrici III; and writt then Dig.
Had he not been then killed, his widow Rowena could not have married Athelstane, which she soon did after hearing the sad news; nor could he have had that celebrated epitaph in Latin and English; Hie est Guilfridus, belli dum vixit avidus.
The "vixit avidus" is quite worthy of Thackeray; but had he tried his hand at such mode of expression he would have done more of it.
QVI VIXIT AH XXVII IN PACE Flavius Olius Paternus, Centurion of the Tenth Urban Cohort, who lived twenty-seven years.
Rore vixit more cicadæ=--He lived upon dew like a grasshopper.
Non vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit=--He has not lived ill whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vixit" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
