levandas
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;
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
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In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...inmortalibus optabo, Quirites, invidiae meae levandae causa, ut L. Catilinam ducere exercitum hostium atque in armis volitare audiatis..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...erat, mediamque dies exegerat horam; adposui medio membra levanda toro. pars adaperta fuit, pars altera clausa fenestrae; quale..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...Pompeium commemorasse demonstrat. Quae res etsi nihil ad levandas iniurias pertinere videbantur, tamen idoneos nactus homines, per quos..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Ardeates sua tempora exspectare velint arbitriumque senatui levandae iniuriae suae permittant, fore ut postmodo gaudeant se irae moderatos..."