jīvati : [jiv + a] lives; subsists on.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Jīvati [Vedic jīvati, cp. jinoti (jinvati); Dhtp 282: pāṇa- dhāraṇe *gṷei̯ē =Gr. bi/omai & zw/w, zh_n; Lat. vīvo: Goth. ga -- quiunan; Mhg. quicken, cp. E. quicken] to live, be alive, live by, subsist on (c. instr. or nissāya). Imper. pres. jīva Sn 427, very freq. with ciraŋ live long . . ., as a salutation & thanksgiving. ciraŋ jīva J vi.337; c. jīvāhi Sn 1029; Pv ii.333; c. jīvantu Pv i.55; -- pot. jīve Sn 440, 589; Dh 110; -- ppr. jīvaŋ Sn 427, 432; <-> ppr. med. jīvamāna J i.307; PvA 39; -- inf. jīvituŋ J i.263; Dh 123. -- Sn 84 sq., 613 sq., 804; Dh 197; J iii.26; iv.137; vi.183 (jīvare); PvA 111.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

jīvati: 活命{複1現在式jīvāma; 陽單主格ppr. jīvanto}

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