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(verb) : lēvo (laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, 2. levis
* To make smooth, to smooth, polish.
* Lit.: levare ac radere tigna,Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3: magni levatique mensarum orbes,Sen. Helv. 11, 6: mensas,Stat. Th. 1, 519.
* Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften: nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.: quae levatiora levioraque sunt,more highly polished,Gell. 17, 8, 15.
* To make smooth, to smooth, polish.
* Lit.: levare ac radere tigna,Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3: magni levatique mensarum orbes,Sen. Helv. 11, 6: mensas,Stat. Th. 1, 519.
* Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften: nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus, a, um; comp.: quae levatiora levioraque sunt,more highly polished,Gell. 17, 8, 15.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of
* Fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), 1. levis, to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
* Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,Verg. A. 4, 690: se de caespite,to rise,Ov. M. 2, 427: se saxo,id. F. 4, 528: cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),Juv. 14, 83: apis se confestim levat sublimius,Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122: per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,Flor. 3, 3, 11.
* Transf.
* Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object: non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so, auxilio viros,Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538: curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1: molestias,id. Fam. 4, 3, 2: fonte sitim,to slake,Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26: arida ora aqua,to refresh,id. R. Am. 230; so, membra gramine,id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.: levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.
* To take away, take: furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,takes down,Ov. M. 8, 647: alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,Verg. A. 2, 146: tributum,to raise, levy,Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.
* Transf.
* To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.: laxo, libero): meam egestatem,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62: alicui paupertatem,id. Ep. 4, 1, 33: morbum,id. Mil. 4, 6, 57: inopiam multum,Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1: salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,Hor. C. S. 63: morbi vim levaturus,Curt. 3, 6, 2: levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,reduced,Tac. A. 2, 59: vario viam sermone,Verg. A. 8, 309: injurias,Caes. B. C. 1, 9: suspicionem,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136: ut sumptus levaretur,Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2: calamitatem innocentium,Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7: his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59: qui paupertatem levet propinqui,Juv. 14, 236.
* To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29: laudem alicujus,id. ib. 31: inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69: multa fidem promissa levant,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.
* To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
* With abl.: leva me hoc onere,Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3: aliquem miseriis,id. ib. 3, 8: me molestia,id. ib. 16, 9, 2: aliquem metu,Liv. 2, 22: animos religione,id. 21, 62; cf.: qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,Cic. Lael. 20, 72: ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13: se aere alieno,id. Att. 6, 2, 4: se infamiā,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—*
* To avert: omen,Verg. A. 3, 36: ictum dextra,Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
* Fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), 1. levis, to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
* Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit,Verg. A. 4, 690: se de caespite,to rise,Ov. M. 2, 427: se saxo,id. F. 4, 528: cum se matura levarit progenies (avium),Juv. 14, 83: apis se confestim levat sublimius,Col. 9, 12, 1; Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69; 36, 16, 24, § 122: per hiemem, quae altius levat Alpes, i. e. by the snow,Flor. 3, 3, 11.
* Transf.
* Trop., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support a person or thing with any thing (freq. and class.). —Of a personal object: non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore,Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1.—Of things as objects: O Tite, si quid te adjuero curamve levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1 (Ann. v. 339 Vahl.); so, auxilio viros,Verg. A. 2, 452; 4, 538: curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio,Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1: molestias,id. Fam. 4, 3, 2: fonte sitim,to slake,Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 26: arida ora aqua,to refresh,id. R. Am. 230; so, membra gramine,id. F. 6, 328.— Pass.: levantur tamen miserae civitates, quod nullus fit sumptus in nos,Cic. Att. 5, 16, 3.
* To take away, take: furcā levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis,takes down,Ov. M. 8, 647: alicui manicas atque arcta Vincla,Verg. A. 2, 146: tributum,to raise, levy,Dig. 50, 15, 4, § 2.
* Transf.
* To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate (cf.: laxo, libero): meam egestatem,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 62: alicui paupertatem,id. Ep. 4, 1, 33: morbum,id. Mil. 4, 6, 57: inopiam multum,Caes. B. C. 3, 48, 1: salutari arte fessos Corporis artus,Hor. C. S. 63: morbi vim levaturus,Curt. 3, 6, 2: levavitque apertis horreis pretia frugum,reduced,Tac. A. 2, 59: vario viam sermone,Verg. A. 8, 309: injurias,Caes. B. C. 1, 9: suspicionem,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136: ut sumptus levaretur,Plin. Ep. 10, 43 (52), 2: calamitatem innocentium,Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7: his levabat omnem vulnerum metum nobilitas mortis,id. Tusc. 2, 24, 59: qui paupertatem levet propinqui,Juv. 14, 236.
* To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: cave lassitudo poplitum cursum levet, Att. ap. Non. 336, 29: laudem alicujus,id. ib. 31: inconstantiā levatur auctoritas,Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69: multa fidem promissa levant,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10.
* To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
* With abl.: leva me hoc onere,Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3: aliquem miseriis,id. ib. 3, 8: me molestia,id. ib. 16, 9, 2: aliquem metu,Liv. 2, 22: animos religione,id. 21, 62; cf.: qui hac opinione non modo verbis, sed etiam opere levandi sunt,Cic. Lael. 20, 72: ut homines populares supplicio aut exsilio levarentur,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13: se aere alieno,id. Att. 6, 2, 4: se infamiā,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—*
* To avert: omen,Verg. A. 3, 36: ictum dextra,Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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