levaret
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. subj. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fluvio cum forte secundo deflueret ripaque aestus viridante levaret. ipse etiam eximiae laudis succensus amore Ascanius curvo derexit..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...expulsus, egens, in palude demersus tropaeorum recordatione levaret dolorem suum, audirem et plane probarem. nec enim absolvi beata..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...irae populi frumentarios, acerba inquisitione aperiret magis quam levaret inopiam, multi ex plebe, spe amissa, potius quam..."