levissimus
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;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...leviora aliis alia, et liquidissimus aether atque levissimus aërias super influit auras nec liquidum corpus turbantibus aëris auris..." - G
Invectiva in Ciceronem
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...virtus est animi. V 1. Immo vero homo levissimus, supplex inimicis, amicis contumeliosus, modo harum, modo illarum partium..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...belli mercarentur. sapientibus quietis et rei publicae cura; levissimus quisque et futuri improvidus spe vana tumens; multi adflicta..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Rhenum Danuviumque consederint, eos qui decumates agros exercent. Levissimus quisque Gallorum et inopia audax dubiae possessionis solum occupavere..."