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Oh, I saw Livius all right - did you?
"Roman family name that may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious". The point is that although English people think of being green with envy, ancient Romans thought that it turned them blue.
"Roman family name that may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious". The point is that although English people think of being green with envy, ancient Romans thought that it turned them blue.
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And in Germany, it is *gelb vor Neid* "yellow with envy".
This message was edited 9/30/2024, 6:18 AM
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