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(adj.adv.) : lĕvis, e, adj.for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. ἐλαχύς
* Light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).
* Lit.: leviora corpora (opp. graviora),Lucr. 2, 227: aether,id. 5, 459: aura,id. 3, 196: levior quam pluma,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23: stipulae,Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor: levis armaturae Numidae,the light-armed Numidians,Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.: sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so, miles,a light-armed soldier,Liv. 8, 8; cf. of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,Tac. G. 6: flebis in solo levis angiportu,Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead: terraque securae sit super ossa levis,Tib. 2, 4, 50; esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,the shades, bodiless persons,Ov. M. 10, 14: virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.—Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.
* Transf.
* Trop.
* Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.: agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),a quick, favorable wind,Cat. 64, 9; cf.: leves venti,Ov. M. 15, 346: flatus,Sil. 15, 162: currus,light, swift,Ov. M. 2, 150: levi deducens pollice filum,light, nimble,id. ib. 4, 36; so, pollex,id. ib. 6, 22: saltus,id. ib. 7, 767; 3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,Nep. Iphicr. 1: Messapus levis cursu,Verg. A. 12, 489: leves Parthi,id. G. 4, 314: equus,Val. Fl. 1, 389: Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,Hor. C. 1, 1, 31: quaere modos leviore plectro,nimbler, gayer,id. ib. 2, 1, 40: et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. (poet.): omnes ire leves,Sil. 16, 488: exsultare levis,id. 10, 605: levior discurrere,id. 4, 549: nullo levis terrore moveri,Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514: hora,fleeting,Ov. M. 15, 181: terra,light, thin soil,Verg. G. 2, 92: et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; so (opp graviora),id. ib.
* Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488: tactus,a slight, gentle touch,id. ib. 4, 180: strepitus,id. ib. 7, 840: stridor,id. ib. 4, 413.
* Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.): nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58: grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45: leve et infirmum,id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt; ad motum animi ... leviora,id. Deiot. 2, 5: quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,id. Planc. 26, 63: auditio,a light, unfounded report,Caes. B. G. 7, 42: cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,something very insignificant,Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15: dolor,id. Fin. 1, 12, 40: proelium,Caes. B. G. 7, 36: periculum,id. B. C. 3, 26: in aliquem merita,id. ib. 2, 32, 10: leviore de causa,id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.: praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,Juv. 13, 182: effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.: in levi habitum,was made little of, was regarded as a trifle,Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54: levia sed nimium queror,Sen. Herc. Fur. 63: quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,no easy matter,Juv. 7, 240: quidquid levius putaris,easier,id. 10, 344.
* With gen. (poet.): opum levior,Sil. 2, 102.
* In disposition or character.
* Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false: homo levior quam pluma,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23: ne me leviorem erga te putes,id. Trin. 5, 2, 34: tu levior cortice,Hor. C. 3, 9, 22: vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,Cic. Lael. 25, 91: quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,id. ib. 17, 63: leves ac nummarii judices,id. Clu. 28, 75: sit precor illa levis,Tib. 1, 6, 56: levi brachio aliquid agere,Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6: quid levius aut turpius,Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.: auctor,Liv. 5, 15: leves amicitiae,Cic. Lael. 26, 100: spes,vain, empty,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8: leviores mores,Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.
* Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare): quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and: levior reprehensio,id. Ac. 2, 32, 102: tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,the gentlest, mildest,Liv. 5, 23 fin.: nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28: exsilium,mild, tolerable,Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
* Lit. (rare): armati,light-armed,Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon: levius casura pila sperabat,Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.
* Trop.
* Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat: leviter densae nubes,Lucr. 6, 248: inflexum bacillum,Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30: genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,id. Off. 1, 24, 83: saucius,id. Inv. 2, 51, 154: non leviter lucra liguriens,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177: agnoscere aliquid,id. Fin. 2, 11, 33: eruditus,id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.—Comp.: quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,so much less,Hor. S. 2, 7, 18: dolere,Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.—Sup.: ut levissime dicam,to express it in the mildest manner,Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin.
* Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity: id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.: sed levissime feram, si, etc.,id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.—Comp.: levius torquetis Arachne,more dexterously,Juv. 2, 56.
* Light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).
* Lit.: leviora corpora (opp. graviora),Lucr. 2, 227: aether,id. 5, 459: aura,id. 3, 196: levior quam pluma,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23: stipulae,Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor: levis armaturae Numidae,the light-armed Numidians,Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.: sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so, miles,a light-armed soldier,Liv. 8, 8; cf. of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,Tac. G. 6: flebis in solo levis angiportu,Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead: terraque securae sit super ossa levis,Tib. 2, 4, 50; esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,the shades, bodiless persons,Ov. M. 10, 14: virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.—Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.
* Transf.
* Trop.
* Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.: agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),a quick, favorable wind,Cat. 64, 9; cf.: leves venti,Ov. M. 15, 346: flatus,Sil. 15, 162: currus,light, swift,Ov. M. 2, 150: levi deducens pollice filum,light, nimble,id. ib. 4, 36; so, pollex,id. ib. 6, 22: saltus,id. ib. 7, 767; 3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,Nep. Iphicr. 1: Messapus levis cursu,Verg. A. 12, 489: leves Parthi,id. G. 4, 314: equus,Val. Fl. 1, 389: Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,Hor. C. 1, 1, 31: quaere modos leviore plectro,nimbler, gayer,id. ib. 2, 1, 40: et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. (poet.): omnes ire leves,Sil. 16, 488: exsultare levis,id. 10, 605: levior discurrere,id. 4, 549: nullo levis terrore moveri,Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514: hora,fleeting,Ov. M. 15, 181: terra,light, thin soil,Verg. G. 2, 92: et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; so (opp graviora),id. ib.
* Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488: tactus,a slight, gentle touch,id. ib. 4, 180: strepitus,id. ib. 7, 840: stridor,id. ib. 4, 413.
* Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.): nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58: grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45: leve et infirmum,id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt; ad motum animi ... leviora,id. Deiot. 2, 5: quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,id. Planc. 26, 63: auditio,a light, unfounded report,Caes. B. G. 7, 42: cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,something very insignificant,Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15: dolor,id. Fin. 1, 12, 40: proelium,Caes. B. G. 7, 36: periculum,id. B. C. 3, 26: in aliquem merita,id. ib. 2, 32, 10: leviore de causa,id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.: praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,Juv. 13, 182: effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.: in levi habitum,was made little of, was regarded as a trifle,Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54: levia sed nimium queror,Sen. Herc. Fur. 63: quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,no easy matter,Juv. 7, 240: quidquid levius putaris,easier,id. 10, 344.
* With gen. (poet.): opum levior,Sil. 2, 102.
* In disposition or character.
* Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false: homo levior quam pluma,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23: ne me leviorem erga te putes,id. Trin. 5, 2, 34: tu levior cortice,Hor. C. 3, 9, 22: vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,Cic. Lael. 25, 91: quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,id. ib. 17, 63: leves ac nummarii judices,id. Clu. 28, 75: sit precor illa levis,Tib. 1, 6, 56: levi brachio aliquid agere,Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6: quid levius aut turpius,Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.: auctor,Liv. 5, 15: leves amicitiae,Cic. Lael. 26, 100: spes,vain, empty,Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8: leviores mores,Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.
* Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare): quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and: levior reprehensio,id. Ac. 2, 32, 102: tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,the gentlest, mildest,Liv. 5, 23 fin.: nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28: exsilium,mild, tolerable,Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
* Lit. (rare): armati,light-armed,Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon: levius casura pila sperabat,Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.
* Trop.
* Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat: leviter densae nubes,Lucr. 6, 248: inflexum bacillum,Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30: genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,id. Off. 1, 24, 83: saucius,id. Inv. 2, 51, 154: non leviter lucra liguriens,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177: agnoscere aliquid,id. Fin. 2, 11, 33: eruditus,id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.—Comp.: quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,so much less,Hor. S. 2, 7, 18: dolere,Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.—Sup.: ut levissime dicam,to express it in the mildest manner,Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin.
* Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity: id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.: sed levissime feram, si, etc.,id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.—Comp.: levius torquetis Arachne,more dexterously,Juv. 2, 56.
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, Gr. λεῖος, λευρός
* Smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66: in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,id. Part. Or. 10, 36: Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,id. Univ. 6: pocula,smooth, shining,Verg. A. 5, 91: pharetrae,id. ib. 5, 558: brassica,Cato, R. R. 15, 7: levissima corpora,Lucr. 4, 659: coma pectine levis,Ov. M. 12, 409: nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,Hor. C. 2, 20, 11: levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.—Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, Verg. A. 5, 328: levis Juventas ( = imberbis),smooth, without hair, beardless,Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so, ora,Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31: crura,Juv. 8, 115: sponsus,id. 3, 111: caput,id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful: pectus,Verg. A. 11, 40: frons,id. E. 6, 51: umeri,id. A. 7, 815: colla,Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate: vir,Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.: externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,smoothness,Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so, per leve,Pers. 1, 64: per levia,Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.
* Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.): oratio (opp. aspera),Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so, levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),id. de Or. 3, 43, 171: levis et aspera (vox),Quint. 11, 3, 15: levis et quadrata compositio,id. 2, 5, 9: levia ac nitida,id. 5, 12, 18: (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,id. 9, 4, 116.—Adv. does not occur.
* Smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66: in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,id. Part. Or. 10, 36: Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,id. Univ. 6: pocula,smooth, shining,Verg. A. 5, 91: pharetrae,id. ib. 5, 558: brassica,Cato, R. R. 15, 7: levissima corpora,Lucr. 4, 659: coma pectine levis,Ov. M. 12, 409: nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,Hor. C. 2, 20, 11: levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.—Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, Verg. A. 5, 328: levis Juventas ( = imberbis),smooth, without hair, beardless,Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so, ora,Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31: crura,Juv. 8, 115: sponsus,id. 3, 111: caput,id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful: pectus,Verg. A. 11, 40: frons,id. E. 6, 51: umeri,id. A. 7, 815: colla,Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate: vir,Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.: externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,smoothness,Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so, per leve,Pers. 1, 64: per levia,Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.
* Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.): oratio (opp. aspera),Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so, levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),id. de Or. 3, 43, 171: levis et aspera (vox),Quint. 11, 3, 15: levis et quadrata compositio,id. 2, 5, 9: levia ac nitida,id. 5, 12, 18: (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,id. 9, 4, 116.—Adv. does not occur.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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