levissime
Dictionary entries
- 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;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →leviter, levius, levissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lightly/gently/softly/quietly/mildly/slightly; groundlessly/thoughtlessly;
Examples
- M
In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...omnibus eius consiliis occurri atque obstiti, tamen, ut levissime dicam, dimicandum nobis cum illo fuisset, neque nos umquam..." - G
Invectiva in Ciceronem
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...publica. his male dicis, illos odisti, levissime transfuga, neque in hac neque in illa parte fidem habens. SallustThe..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...urbe potuisti?' Circenses erant, quo genere spectaculi ne levissime quidem teneor. Nihil novum nihil varium, nihil quod..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...tamen, quae sunt pretiosiora, aut integra manent aut levissime laesa sunt. Attendimus ergo, ut quam saluberrime reficiantur..."
