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  • 1 levō

        levō āvī (old fut perf. levāssō, Enn. ap. C.), ātus, āre    [1 levis], to lift up, raise, elevate: sese, V.: Se de caespite, rise, O.: levat aura cycnum, H.: cubito levatus, O.— To make lighter, lighten, relieve, ease: iumenta sarcinis levari iubet, S.: te fasce, V.: serpentum colla levavit, i. e. relieved (of his weight), O.: Fronde nemus, strip, V.: sed nec Damna levant, lighten the ship, Iu.— To take away, take: furcā levat ille bicorni Sordida terga suis, takes down, O.: viro manicas levari iubet, V.— Fig., to lighten, relieve, console, refresh, support: me levant tuae litterae: luctum solacio: Auxilio viros, V.: curam animi sermone: fonte sitim, slake, O.— To lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate: sumptum sibi, T.: inopiam, Cs.: salutari arte fessos Corporis artūs, H.: poenam honore, O.: vario viam sermone, V.: calamitatem innocentium: volnerum metum: paupertatem propinqui, Iu.— To lessen, diminish, weaken, impair: inconstantiā levatur auctoritas: Multa fidem promissa levant, H.— To relieve, release, discharge, free: quod hibernis (civitas) levetur, Cs.: me hoc onere: Volsci levati metu, L.: qui hac opinione opera levandi sunt: pectora sollicitudinibus, H.: curā levata, O. — To avert: omen, V.: ictum dextrā, H.
    * * *
    I
    levare, levavi, levatus V
    lift up; comfort; release, free from; lighten, lessen, relieve
    II
    levare, levavi, levatus V
    make smooth, polish; free from hair, depilate

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  • 2 laevo

    1.
    lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

    serpentum colla levavit,

    i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

    dentes,

    to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

    vesicam,

    Spart. Carac. 7:

    jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

    do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
    (α).
    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,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

    se aere alieno,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

    se infamiā,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—
    4.
    To avert:

    omen,

    Verg. A. 3, 36:

    ictum dextra,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
    2.
    lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 3 levo

    1.
    lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of fut. perf. levasso, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1), v. a. [1. levis], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: extollo, erigo).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make lighter, lighten, to relieve, ease: cantantes ut eamus, ego te fasce levabo, Verg. E. 9, 65:

    serpentum colla levavit,

    i. e. alighted from the dragon-car, Ov. M. 8, 798:

    dentes,

    to clean the teeth, Mart. 14, 22:

    vesicam,

    Spart. Carac. 7:

    jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima, sed nec damna levant,

    do not lighten the ship, Juv. 12, 53.—
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    To relieve, release, discharge, free from any thing.
    (α).
    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,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 13:

    se aere alieno,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

    se infamiā,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: se vitā, Varr. ap. Non. 336, 33.—
    * (β).
    With gen.:

    ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—
    4.
    To avert:

    omen,

    Verg. A. 3, 36:

    ictum dextra,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.
    2.
    lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. levis], to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 4 fulminō

        fulminō —, —, āre    [fulmen], to lighten, hurl lightnings: fulminans Iuppiter, H.: Boreae de parte trucis, V.—Fig., to thunder: Caesar fulminat bello, V.
    * * *
    fulminare, fulminavi, fulminatus V
    lighten; cause lightning to strike; strike like lightning

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  • 5 re-levō

        re-levō āvī, ātus, āre,    to life up, raise: e terrā corpus, O.: in cubitum membra, O.—To free from a bu<*>den, make light, lighten: epistulam graviorem pellectione: Ut relevent vimina curva favi (i. e. exonerare), O.: minimo ut relevere labore, i. e. be delivered, O.—Fig., to relieve, free, lighten, ease, soothe, alleviate, mitigate: curā et metu esse relevati: pectora sicca mero, O.: a curā mens rele vata est, O.: me, console: animum, T.: ut cibi satie tas et fastidium relevatur: casūs, O.: sitim, O.

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  • 6 sōlor

        sōlor ātus, ārī, dep.    [3 SAL-], to comfort, console, solace: lenire dolentem Solando, V.: inopem et aegrum, H.: solantia tollite verba! your words of comfort, O.— To soothe, ease, lighten, lessen, relieve, assuage, mitigate: Concussā famem quercu, V.: fluviis aestum, H.: cantu laborem, V.: lacrimas, O.: quamvis repulsam spes soletur, Ta.: (virginem) posthabitam decies sestertii dote, Ta.
    * * *
    solari, solatus sum V DEP
    solace, console, comfort; soothe, ease, lighten, relieve, assuage, mitigate

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  • 7 adlevo

    1.
    al-lĕvo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. lĕvo].
    I.
    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. tas ophrus anaspan); 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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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: Kalôs kakôs prassonti sumparainesas): 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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.
    2.
    al-lēvo ( adl-), less correctly al-laevo, āre, v. a., 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.

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  • 8 allevo

    1.
    al-lĕvo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. lĕvo].
    I.
    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. tas ophrus anaspan); 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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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: Kalôs kakôs prassonti sumparainesas): 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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.
    2.
    al-lēvo ( adl-), less correctly al-laevo, āre, v. a., 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.

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  • 9 laxo

    laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (rarely n.; v. I. B. 2. b. and II. B. b. infra) [id.], to stretch out, extend, to make wide or roomy, to expand.
    I.
    Lit.:

    forum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8:

    manipulos,

    to open the ranks, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    lilium ab angustiis in latitudinem paulatim se laxans,

    Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To open, undo, unloose (syn. solvo):

    vincula epistolae laxavit,

    Nep. Paus. 4:

    nodos Herculeos,

    Luc. 4, 632:

    ubi dolor vocem laxaverat,

    had loosened his voice, Just. 42, 4, 13:

    claustra,

    Verg. A. 2, 259:

    claustra portarum,

    Juv. 8, 261:

    intestina,

    Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 129.—
    2.
    To slacken, relax:

    laxare arcum,

    to slacken, unbend, Phaedr. 3, 14, 11:

    excussos rudentes,

    Verg. A. 3, 267:

    laxantur corpora rugis,

    become flabby with wrinkles, Ov. A. A. 3, 73:

    laxatis habenis invehi jussit,

    Curt. 4, 9, 24; 4, 15, 3:

    laxatisque vinculis... ostendit manum,

    Just. 14, 4, 1:

    se cutis arida laxet,

    Juv. 6, 144:

    oleum ad nervos laxandos utile est,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157:

    corpus velut laxatum,

    Petr. 82:

    ferrum,

    to smelt, Stat. Achill. 1, 429.—
    (β).
    Neutr.:

    crebris fluctibus compages operis verberatae laxavere,

    were loosened, opened, Curt. 4, 3, 6.—
    3.
    To lighten, ease:

    pharetra graves laxavit umeros,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 787.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To lighten, relieve, unbend, recreate (syn.: levo, libero): a contentione disputationis animos curamque laxemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

    judicum animos atque a severitate ad hilaritatem traducere,

    id. Brut. 93, 322:

    animum ab assiduis laboribus,

    Liv. 32, 5: ut istis te molestiis laxes, release yourself, Luc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 3.—
    B.
    To relax, mitigate, moderate, abate, weaken:

    alicui laxare aliquid laboris,

    Liv. 9, 16:

    vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus,

    Verg. A. 5, 187:

    placida laxarant membra quiete... nautae,

    id. ib. 5, 836:

    subtile examen justitiae,

    Gell. 1, 3:

    iram,

    Stat. Th. 6, 831: nigrantes tenebras id. ib. 12, 254:

    paulatim temeritate laxata,

    Petr. 82:

    longiore dierum spatio laxare dicendi necessitatem,

    to prolong, delay, defer, Quint. 10, 5, 22:

    memoriae inhaeret fldelius, quod nulla scribendi securitate laxatur,

    id. 10, 6, 2:

    rarescit multo laxatus vulnere miles,

    weakened, Sil. 17, 422.— To lay open, disclose, reveal ( poet.):

    fata latentia laxa,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 508.—
    (β).
    To reduce the price of:

    annonam,

    Liv. 2, 34, 12; so neutr., to lessen, fall in price:

    annona laxaverat,

    Liv. 26, 20.— laxātus, a, um, P. a., spread out, separated, extended, wide.
    A.
    Lit.:

    custodiae,

    i. e. separated, withdrawn, Liv. 21, 32 fin.:

    custodia,

    Petr. 112:

    membrana laxatior,

    Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

    laxati ordines (aciei),

    Tac. H. 3, 25; Sil. 9, 364:

    corpore laxati,

    released from the body, Cic. Rep. 6, 15 fin. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    libidinum vinculis laxati,

    released, freed, free, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:

    laxatus curis,

    id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

    pugna,

    a battle broken off, Liv. 21, 59:

    nox,

    i. e. clear, Sil. 13, 550.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laxo

  • 10 ad-levō (all-)

        ad-levō (all-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to lift up, raise, set up: oculos, Cu.: (laqueis) adlevati (milites), S.: cubito artūs, O. — Fig., to lighten, alleviate, comfort, console: aerumnam dictis: adlevatum corpus tuum, recovered from sickness: adlevor.— To diminish in force, lessen: adversariorum confirmationem.

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  • 11 cōn-sōlor

        cōn-sōlor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to encourage, animate, console, cheer, comfort: alqm, Cs.: alqm in miseriis: Piliam meis verbis, in my name: alqd consolandi tui gratiā dicere: me ipse illo solacio, quod, etc.: se per litteras: consolando iuvero, T.: officia consolantium: quo consolante doleres? who would console you? O.: consolatus rogat, encouraging him, Cs.—To mitigate, alleviate, lighten, relieve, soothe: doloris diuturnitatem: brevitatem vitae posteritatis memoriā: desiderium tui spe.

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  • 12 ē-levō

        ē-levō —, ātus, āre,    to lift up, raise: contabulationem, Cs.—Poet.: aura elevat preces, carries away, Pr. — Fig., to lighten, alleviate: aegritudinem.—To make light of, lessen, diminish, impair, trifle with, disparage, detract from: causas offensionum: quod esset ab eo obiectum: res gestas, L.: aegritudinem: alqm: elevabatur index indiciumque, L.

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  • 13 fallō

        fallō fefellī, falsus, ere    [1 FAL-], to trip, cause to fall: glacies fallit pedes, L.: alqm, Cu.—Fig., to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, elude, fail, disappoint: alquem dolis, T.: falli te sinas Techinis, T.: Nec sidus regione viae (nos) fefellit, misled, V.: credentem puellam, O.: sui fallendi causā factum, Cs.: nisi me forte fallo: nisi me fallit animus: nisi me omnia fallunt, unless I utterly mistake: neque eum prima opinio fefellit, Cs.: nisi quid me fallit: mentīs monstro, V.: cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut, etc.: non in sortitione fallere: ne falleret bis relata eadem res, lead into error, L.: ut de indutiis fallendo impetrarent, Cs.: numquam fallentis termes olivae, H.: nescia fallere vita, without guile, V.: eas fallam, ut ab illis fallimur, T.— Pass reflex., to be deceived, err, mistake, deceive oneself: Falsus es, T.: neque ea res falsum me habuit, did not deceive me, S.: errore quodam fallimur: quā (spe) possumus falli: deus falli quo potuit?: nisi fallor, V.: aut ego fallor, or I am far wrong, H.—Impers., with acc, to mistake, be deceived: nisi me fallit: nec eum fefellit.— To violate, break, betray, deceive, disappoint: fidem hosti datam: meam spem: si res opinionem meam fefellerit: mandata mariti, O.: foedus ac fidem, L.: promissum, Cu.: tu faciem illius Falle dolo, put on, V.: retia, avoid, O.: quā signa sequendi Falleret error, confound, V.— To deceive in swearing, swear falsely, be perjured: si sciens fallo: si falleret, precatus Deos, ita se mactarent, L.: expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere, swear falsely by, H.: dominorum dextras, faith pledged to, etc., V.— To lie concealed, be unseen, escape notice, remain undiscovered, elude: per biennium, L.: ne quid falleret Volturno ad urbem missum, L.: ne falleret ad urbem incedens, arrive secretly, L.: qui natus moriensque fefellit, in obscurity, H.: veneno, infuse undetected, V.: bonus longe fallente sagittā, V.: nequiquam fallis dea, escape recognition, V.: neque hoc te fallit, quam multa sint, etc., nor do you fail to see: custodes, L.: deos, O.: nec nos via fallet euntīs, V.: me nec fallunt iussa Iovis, nor do I fail to recognize, V.: nec quicquam eos fallebat, L.: segetis fides meae Fulgentem Falli sorte beatior, i. e. is a happier lot, though he knows it not, etc., H.: neutros fefellit hostīs appropinquare, L.: in lege nullā esse eiusmodi caput te non fallit: neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin, etc., Cs.— To lighten, appease, silence, beguile: medias sermonibus horas, O.: somno curam, H.: austerum studio fallente laborem, H.
    * * *
    fallere, fefelli, falsus V
    deceive; slip by; disappoint; be mistaken, beguile, drive away; fail; cheat

    Latin-English dictionary > fallō

  • 14 fulgeō

        fulgeō fulsī, —, ēre (fulgere, V.)    [2 FLAG-], to flash, lighten: si fulserit, si tonuerit: fulsere ignes et aether, V.—Of oratory: (Pericles) fulgere tonare dictus.— To flash, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine: purpurā: caelo luna sereno, H.: micantes fulsere gladii, L.: pueri Agmine fulgent, V.: Argenti quod erat solis fulgebat in armis, Iu.—Fig., to shine, glitter, be conspicuous, be illustrious: (virtus) fulget honoribus, H.: fulgebat in adulescentulo indoles virtutis, N.: quae sanguine fulget Iuli, Iu.
    * * *
    fulgere, fulsi, - V
    flash, shine; glow, gleam, glitter, shine forth, be bright

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  • 15 fulgurō

        fulgurō —, —, āre, impers.    [fulgur], to lighten, Ct.: Iove fulgurante, augur ap. C.
    * * *
    fulgurare, fulguravi, fulguratus V INTRANS
    glitter/flash/shine brightly, gleam; light up; (IMPERS) it lightens

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  • 16 inter-lūceō

        inter-lūceō lūxī, —, ēre,     to shine in the midst: quaedam animalia interlucent (in amber), Ta.—To lighten at intervals, shine irregularly.—Impers.: noctu interluxisse, L.—Fig., to be manifest, be plainly visible: ordines, quibus inter gradūs dignitatis aliquid interlucet, by which distinctions are made, L.—To be transparent: interlucet corona (militum), V.

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  • 17 laxō

        laxō āvī, ātus, āre    [laxus], to extend, make wide, open, expand: forum: manipulos, Cs.: ubi laxatas sensit custodias, L.— To open, undo, unloose, release: vincla epistolae, N.: pedem ab nodo, L.: claustra portarum, Iu.— To slacken, relax, unbend: arcum, Ph.: excussos rudentīs, V.: laxatis habenis invehi, Cu.: se cutis arida laxet, Iu.— Fig., to lighten, relieve, free, unbend, recreate: iudicum animos: animum ab adsiduis laboribus, L.: libidinum vinculis laxati.— To relax, mitigate, moderate, weaken: sibi aliquid laboris, L.: quies laxaverat artūs, V.: laxata pugna, interrupted, L. — To lessen, abate, reduce: annonam, L.: annona laxaverat (sc. se), L.
    * * *
    laxare, laxavi, laxatus V
    loosen, slaken, relax, weaken; expand, open up, extend

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  • 18 lēvō

        lēvō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 lēvis], to make smooth, polish: levato ferro Spicula, V.—Fig., to polish, smoothe: nimis aspera sano cultu, H.
    * * *
    I
    levare, levavi, levatus V
    lift up; comfort; release, free from; lighten, lessen, relieve
    II
    levare, levavi, levatus V
    make smooth, polish; free from hair, depilate

    Latin-English dictionary > lēvō

  • 19 mītigō

        mītigō āvī, ātus, āre    [mitis+1 AG-], to soften, make tender, ripen, mellow, tame: fruges: cibum, soften (by cooking): agros, make fruitful: flammis et ferro agrum, clear, H.—Fig., to make gentle, pacify, soothe, calm, assuage, appease, mitigate: istorum animos: te aetas mitigabit: iras, O.: legis acerbitatem: perfidiam meritis, disarm, Cu.: Lampsacenos in istum, appease the anger of.
    * * *
    mitigare, mitigavi, mitigatus V
    soften; lighten, alleviate; soothe; civilize

    Latin-English dictionary > mītigō

  • 20 molliō

        molliō (mollībat for molliēbat, O.), īvī, ītus, īre    [mollis], to make soft, make supple, soften: umor mollitur tepefactus: lanam trahendo, by spinning, O.: artūs oleo, L.: dum ferrum molliat ignis, H.: glaebas, O.: agri molliti.—Fig., to pacify, conciliate, moderate: hominem his verbis sentio mollirier, T.: lacrimae meorum me molliunt, overcome me. —To soften, moderate, mitigate, tame, restrain, check, ease, lighten: Hannibalem patientiā suā: iras, L.: poenam, O.: clivum, make the ascent easier, Cs.: verba usu: fructūs feros colendo, render milder, V.— To soften, render effeminate, make unmanly: legionem: membra, O.
    * * *
    mollire, mollivi, mollitus V
    soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble

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