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(verb) : al-lēvo (adl-), less correctly al-laevo, āre
* To make smooth, to smooth off or over (only in Col.): nodos et cicatrices adlevare,Col. 3, 15, 3: vitem ferro,id. 4, 24, 4: ea plaga uno vestigio adlevatur,id. 4, 24, 6.
* To make smooth, to smooth off or over (only in Col.): nodos et cicatrices adlevare,Col. 3, 15, 3: vitem ferro,id. 4, 24, 4: ea plaga uno vestigio adlevatur,id. 4, 24, 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : al-lĕvo (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, 1. lĕvo.
* Lit., to lift up, to raise on high, to raise, set up (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare, perh. only twice in Sall. and Hirt.; later often, esp. in Quint. and the histt.): quibus (laqueis) adlevati milites facilius ascenderent, * Sall. J. 94, 2: pauci elevati scutis, borne up on their shields (others: adlevatis scutis, with uplifted shields, viz. for protection against the darts of the enemy), Auct. B. Alex. 20: gelidos complexibus adlevat artus,Ov. M. 6, 249: cubito adlevat artus,id. ib. 7, 343: naves turribus atque tabulatis adlevatae,Flor. 4, 11, 5: supercilia adlevare,Quint. 11, 3, 79 (cf. the Gr. τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν); so, bracchium,id. 11, 3, 41: pollicem,id. 11, 3, 142: manum,id. 11, 3, 94; Vulg. Eccli. 36, 3: oculos,Curt. 8, 14: faciem alicujus manu,Suet. Calig. 36: adlevavit eum, lifted him up (of the lame man), Vulg. Act. 3, 7 al.
* Trop.
* To lighten, alleviate, mitigate physical or mental troubles; or, referring to the individual who suffers, to lift up, sustain, comfort, console (class.): aliorum aerumnam dictis adlevans, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71 (cf. Sophocl. Fragm. ap. Brunck. p. 588: Καλῶς κακῶς πράσσοντι συμπαραινέσας): ubi se adlevat, ibi me adlevat, * Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 3: Allevat Dominus omnes, qui corruunt,Vulg. Psa. 144, 14: dejecistis eos, dum adlevarentur,ib. ib. 72, 18: onus, aliquā ex parte,Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: sollicitudines,id. Brut. 3, 12: adlevor cum loquor tecum absens,id. Att. 12, 39: adlevare corpus, id. ib. 7, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 31: adlevor animum (poet.), Tac. A. 6, 43.
* To diminish the force or weight of a thing, to lessen, lighten: adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut adlevatur,Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78: adlevatae notae,removed,Tac. H. 1, 52.
* To raise up, i. e. to make distinguished; pass., to be or become distinguished: C. Caesar eloquentiā et spiritu et jam consulatu adlevabatur,Flor. 4, 2, 10.
* Lit., to lift up, to raise on high, to raise, set up (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare, perh. only twice in Sall. and Hirt.; later often, esp. in Quint. and the histt.): quibus (laqueis) adlevati milites facilius ascenderent, * Sall. J. 94, 2: pauci elevati scutis, borne up on their shields (others: adlevatis scutis, with uplifted shields, viz. for protection against the darts of the enemy), Auct. B. Alex. 20: gelidos complexibus adlevat artus,Ov. M. 6, 249: cubito adlevat artus,id. ib. 7, 343: naves turribus atque tabulatis adlevatae,Flor. 4, 11, 5: supercilia adlevare,Quint. 11, 3, 79 (cf. the Gr. τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν); so, bracchium,id. 11, 3, 41: pollicem,id. 11, 3, 142: manum,id. 11, 3, 94; Vulg. Eccli. 36, 3: oculos,Curt. 8, 14: faciem alicujus manu,Suet. Calig. 36: adlevavit eum, lifted him up (of the lame man), Vulg. Act. 3, 7 al.
* Trop.
* To lighten, alleviate, mitigate physical or mental troubles; or, referring to the individual who suffers, to lift up, sustain, comfort, console (class.): aliorum aerumnam dictis adlevans, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71 (cf. Sophocl. Fragm. ap. Brunck. p. 588: Καλῶς κακῶς πράσσοντι συμπαραινέσας): ubi se adlevat, ibi me adlevat, * Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 3: Allevat Dominus omnes, qui corruunt,Vulg. Psa. 144, 14: dejecistis eos, dum adlevarentur,ib. ib. 72, 18: onus, aliquā ex parte,Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: sollicitudines,id. Brut. 3, 12: adlevor cum loquor tecum absens,id. Att. 12, 39: adlevare corpus, id. ib. 7, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 31: adlevor animum (poet.), Tac. A. 6, 43.
* To diminish the force or weight of a thing, to lessen, lighten: adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut adlevatur,Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78: adlevatae notae,removed,Tac. H. 1, 52.
* To raise up, i. e. to make distinguished; pass., to be or become distinguished: C. Caesar eloquentiā et spiritu et jam consulatu adlevabatur,Flor. 4, 2, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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