levavit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...magna erat, saepe suis opibus inopiam eorum publicam levavit. Cum enim versuram facere publice necesse esset neque eius..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...implevitque toros oculisque nitoremaddidit ac solito sublimius ora levavit, 75heu! misero letale favens: seseque videndotorsit et invidia, mortemque..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...cedere sensi inque vicem tepuisse viro.' sic fata levavit sidereos artus thalamique egressa superbum limen Amyclaeos ad frena..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...penetrabile litus anhelis promittebat equis, cum se scopulosa levavit Scyros; in hanc totos emisit puppe rudentes dux Laertiades..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pectore vulnus. ter sese attollens cubitoque adnixa levavit, ter revoluta toro est oculisque errantibus alto quaesivit caelo lucem..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mirum gravitate soporem; Clitorio quicumque sitim de fonte levavit, vina fugit gaudetque meris abstemius undis..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Scythiam: rigidique cacumine montis (Caucason appellant) serpentum colla levavit quaesitamque Famem lapidoso vidit in agro unguibus et raras..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...infelix laqueoque animosa ligavit guttura: pendentem Pallas miserata levavit atque ita 'vive quidem, pende tamen, inproba' dixit, 'lexque..."
