levabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →levo, levare, levavi, levatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lift/raise/hold up; support; erect, set up; lift off, remove (load); comfort;; undo, take off; release, rid; free from (worry/expense); refresh/restore;; lighten, lessen, relieve; reduce in force/potency; bring down (cost/prices);; alleviate (condition); make smooth, polish; free from hair, depilate;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...dies, genitorque coruscae lucis adhuc hebetem vicina nocte levabat et nondum excusso rorantem lampada ponto. et iam punicea..."- P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Tiberini ad fluminis undam vulnera siccabat lymphis corpusque levabat arboris acclinis trunco. procul aerea ramis dependet galea..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Aenean iuxta natumque tenebat ingrediens varioque viam sermone levabat. miratur facilisque oculos fert omnia circum Aeneas, capiturque locis..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fauces, quis condita Erinys, invisum numen, terras caelumque levabat. Nec minus interea extremam Saturnia bello imponit regina manum..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...quod appellatur chara, quod admixtum lacte multum inopiam levabat. Id ad similitudinem panis efficiebant. Eius erat magna copia..."