levamen
Dictionary entries
- Entry →levamen, levaminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
alleviation, solace;
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tempestatibus actus heu, genitorem, omnis curae casusque levamen, amitto Anchisen. hic me, pater optime, fessum deseris, heu, tantis..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...transit iter populi, dulce viatori lasso in sudore levamen, cum gravis exustos aestus hiulcat agros: hic, velut..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...rerum novandarum propter ingentem vim aeris alieni, cuius levamen mali plebes nisi suis in summo imperio locatis nullum..." - P
Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...coniectura herbidi soli largas aquarum venas aperit. Id levamen; et continuum sex dierum iter emensi septimo pulsis cultoribus..."