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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - G
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...ordearium eum rhetorem appellat, deridens ut inflatum ac levem et sordidum. L. Voltacilius Pilutus servisse dicitur atqne etiam..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...numquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem. sicut dixi, faciam: nolo te iactari diutius. LYS. Tanto..."
