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vis vitae

vis vitae noun: vital force.

Noun

vis vitae (uncountable)

  1. vital force

Origin of vis vitae

From Latin vis (“energy, force, power, strength”) + vita (“life”).

Questions about vis vitae

What does vis vitae mean?
Vis vitae means vital force.
What part of speech is vis vitae?
Vis vitae is a noun.

Words near vis vitae in the dictionary

  1. vis medicatrix naturae
  2. vis mortua
  3. vis motrix
  4. vis passiva
  5. vis versa
  6. vis vitae
  7. vis vitalis
  8. vis viva
  9. vis-a-vis
  10. vis-à-vis
  11. vis-á-vis

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