levet
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. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...praetermissa animadversio contemptum eius pariat et honorem levet; idcircoque id ei vocabulum a conservatione honoris factum putant. Tertia..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...cotidiani ac semper eodem modo formati sermonis fastidium levet et nos a vulgari dicendi genere defendat. IV. Quod..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fugis vulnus referens, quod carmine nullo sustineat nullisque levet Medea venenis.' dixerat, extremus cum lumina corripit error voxque..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...pravitate membrorum et cruciatu dolorum si quis quem levet, magnam ineat gratiam, nec si ille sapiens ad tortoris..."