vīvārĭus, a, um, adj. [vivus], of or belonging to living creatures.I.Adj.: naves, fish-boats, i. e. in which live fish are conveyed, Macr. S. 2, 12 med.—More freq., II.Subst.: vīvārĭum, ii, n., an enclosure in which game, fish, etc., are kept alive; a park, warren, preserve, fish-pond, Plin. 8, 52, 78, 211; 8, 32, 50, 115; Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2; Plin. 9, 54, 79, 168; 9, 55, 81, 171; Juv. 4, 51; 3, 308.—Transf.: excipiant senes, quos in vivaria mittant, i. e.
whom they keep under their control in order to get made their heirs