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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."