leves
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. 2nd - 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. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...absum omnes mihi labores f re quos cepi leves praeter quam tui carendum quod erat. SY. credo..." - P
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...redeundum sciam. PAR. olim quidem te causae inpellebant leves, quod nunc minitare facere, ut faceres, Sosia. sed Pamphilum..." - A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...orationis et gestibus plauderetis, si vero frigidi et leves et futtiles sensus in verba apte numeroseque posita includerentur..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...veterum hominum qui proprie atque integre locuti sunt, "leves" dixerunt, quos volgo nunc viles et nullo honore dignos..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...canibus lacerasse marinis. "Vexasse" enim putant verbum esse leve et tenuis ac parvi incommodi nec tantae atrocitati congruere..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...utilitas amico quaeri potest. Rependitur quippe et compensatur leve damnum delibatae honestatis maiore alia gravioreque in adiuvando amico..." - C
Praefatio
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE EXCELLENTIBUS DVCIBUS EXTERARVM GENTIVM
"...dubito fore plerosque, Attice, qui hoc genus scripturae leve et non satis dignum summorum virorum personis iudicent..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi te tam prospicere, qui meam egestatem leves, sed ut inops infamis ne sim, ne mi hanc famam..."
