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Lewis Short
(verb) : lēvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, 2. lēvis
* To make smooth, to smooth (not in Cic.; syn. polio, dolo, limo).
* Lit.: omnes parietes tectorio levigantur,Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3: aliquid opere tectorio,Col. 9, 7, 1; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101: ad levigandam cutem,id. 20, 3, 10, § 20: alvum,to make slippery,Gell. 4, 11, 4: scabritia levigatur dente conchāve,Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81.
* Transf., to make small, bruise small, pulverize, levigate: quae diligenter contrita levigantur,Col. 12, 41 fin.: semina,id. 6, 17, 3: galla cum austero vino levigata,id. 7, 5, 12; 9, 13, 5.— Hence, lēvĭgātus, a, um, P. a., smooth, slippery (post-class. and rare): oleum levigatius et spissius est,Macr. S. 1, 12 med.
* To make smooth, to smooth (not in Cic.; syn. polio, dolo, limo).
* Lit.: omnes parietes tectorio levigantur,Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3: aliquid opere tectorio,Col. 9, 7, 1; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101: ad levigandam cutem,id. 20, 3, 10, § 20: alvum,to make slippery,Gell. 4, 11, 4: scabritia levigatur dente conchāve,Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81.
* Transf., to make small, bruise small, pulverize, levigate: quae diligenter contrita levigantur,Col. 12, 41 fin.: semina,id. 6, 17, 3: galla cum austero vino levigata,id. 7, 5, 12; 9, 13, 5.— Hence, lēvĭgātus, a, um, P. a., smooth, slippery (post-class. and rare): oleum levigatius et spissius est,Macr. S. 1, 12 med.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : lĕvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, 1. levis
* To make light, lighten: gravia, Cassiod. de Amic. prol. § 33: pondus sollicitudinis, Gregor. Ep. 7, 76: omni sarcinā,App. M. 4, p. 142, 23.
* To make light, lighten: gravia, Cassiod. de Amic. prol. § 33: pondus sollicitudinis, Gregor. Ep. 7, 76: omni sarcinā,App. M. 4, p. 142, 23.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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