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
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..."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..."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..."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..."
