_in lucem edi_—to see the light, come into the world.
_ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus_—those to whom we owe our being.
_tollere_[1] or _suscipere liberos_—to accept as one's own child; to
make oneself responsible for its nurture and education.
_aliquem in liberorum loco habere_—to treat as one's own child.
_sexus_ (not _genus_) _virilis, muliebris_—the male, female sex.
_patre, (e) matre natus_—son of such and such a father, mother.
_Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio_—Cato of Utica was a
direct descendant of Cato the Censor.
_originem ab aliquo trahere, ducere_—to trace one's descent from some
one.
_Romae natus, (a) Roma oriundus_—a native of Rome.
_cuias es_—what country do you come from?
_natione, genere Anglus_—an Englishman by birth.
_ortus ab Anglis_ or _oriundus ex Anglis_—a native of England.
_urbs patria_ or simply _patria_—native place.
_animam, spiritum ducere_—to breathe, live.
_aera spiritu ducere_—to breathe the air.
_animam continere_—to hold one's breath.
_cursu exanimari_ (B.G. 2. 23. 1)—to run till one is out of breath.
_spiritum intercludere alicui_—to suffocate a person.
_in vita esse_—to be alive.
_vita_ or _hac luce frui_—to enjoy the privilege of living; to be alive.
_vitam beatam (miseram) degere_—to live a happy (unhappy) life.
_vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste,
ruri, in litteris), degere, traducere_—to live (all) one's life
(honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).
_dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo_—as long as I live.
_si vita mihi suppeditat_[2]—if I live till then.
_si vita suppetit_—if I live till then.
_quod reliquum est vitae_—the rest of one's life.
_vitae cursum_ or _curriculum_[3] _conficere_—to finish one's career.
_Homerus fuit_[4] _multis annis ante Romam conditam_—Homer lived many
years before the foundation of Rome.
[1] It was the custom for a Roman father to lift up his new-born
child, which was laid on the ground at his feet; hence the expression
_tollere, suscipere_.
[2] _suppeditare_ (1) transitive, to supply sufficiently; (2) intrans.
to be present in sufficient quantities = _suppetere_.
[3] _vitae (vivendi) cursus_ or _curriculum_ = life,
career—considering its duration, length. Life = biography is not
_curriculum vitae_, but simply _vita, vitae descriptio_.
[4] To live, speaking chronologically, is _esse_; _vivere_ denotes to
be alive, pass one's life, e.g. _laute, in otio_.