relevere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →relevo, relevare, relevavi, relevatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
relieve/alleviate/diminish/lighten; ease/refresh; exonerate; raise; lift (eyes);
sg. pres. pass. subj. 2nd
Examples
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...partus adesset. 'quae voveam, duo sunt: minimo ut relevere dolore, utque marem parias. onerosior altera sors..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...eunt; excute poste seram! Excute! sic, inquam, longa relevere catena, nec tibi perpetuo serva bibatur aqua! ferreus orantem..."
