levem
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. pres. act. subj. 1st - Entry →levis, leve, levior -or -us, levissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
light, thin, trivial, trifling, slight; gentle; fickle, capricious; nimble;; smooth; slippery, polished, plain; free from coarse hair/harsh sounds;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...conplexus esset. Ariston Stoicus e contrario hanc partem levem existimat et quae non descendat in pectus usque, anilia..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...certe exiguum est; duremus; iam desinet', levem illum, dum putas, facies. Omnia ex opinione suspensa sunt; non ambitio..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nempe versatur atque illuc, somnum inter aegritudines levem captans; quae non audit audisse se queritur. Quid in causa..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...potestate, dixisse me volaticum esse ac levem et te non pedem eius tenere sed pinnam? Mentitus sum: pluma..."De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...ordearium eum rhetorem appellat, deridens ut inflatum ac levem et sordidum. L. Voltacilius Pilutus servisse dicitur atqne etiam..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...gratiae si intra versus trimetros stetissent): C. vix levem consequimur umbram, adeo ut mihi sermo ipse Romanus..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ingratae nisi copia redundet voluptati, et rem alioqui levem sententiarum pondere implevit. Nam per se frigida et inanis..."Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...numquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem. sicut dixi, faciam: nolo te iactari diutius. LYS. Tanto..."
