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