col-lēvo

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).

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.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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,

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.—

With gen.:

ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—

To avert:

omen,

Verg. A. 3, 36:

ictum dextra,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.

lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [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.

al-lĕvo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [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. 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.—

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: 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.—

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.

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.

al-lĕvo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [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. 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.—

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: 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.—

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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,

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.—

With gen.:

ut me omnium jam laborum levas,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 27.—

To avert:

omen,

Verg. A. 3, 36:

ictum dextra,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 28.

lēvo ( laevo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [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.

ē-lĕvo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit., to lift up, raise (very rare):

contabulationem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5 and 7:

lumbos in altum,

App. M. 4, p. 143:

arcam,

Vulg. Gen. 7, 17.— Poet.:

elevat hunc pluma,

i. e. turns into a bird, Claud. Eutr. 1, 295: aura preces, i. e. carry away, disperse, = auferat, dissipet, Prop. 1, 8, 12:

fructum,

to gather in, Col. 3, 21, 5: statura elevata, i. e. tall, Capit. Ant. Phil. 13.—More freq.,

Trop.

To lighten, alleviate:

aegritudinem (with obtundere),

Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34; cf. sollicitudines (opp. duplicare), Luccei. in Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.—Esp. freq.,

(In allusion to the rising of the lighter scale.) To make light of, to lessen, diminish, impair, weaken; to disparage, detract from:

causas suspicionum offensionumque tum evitare, tum elevare, tum ferre,

Cic. Lael. 24; so,

objectum ab adversario,

id. de Or. 2, 56 fin.; cf. id. Inv. 1, 42; Quint. 6, 3, 75 sq.; 11, 3, 176:

perspicuitatem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 4:

auctoritatem,

Liv. 3, 21; 37, 57 fin.:

res gestas (opp. verbis extollere),

id. 28, 43; cf. ib. 44 fin.:

noxam multitudinis,

id. 45, 10:

non si quid turbida Roma Elevet,

Pers. 1, 6 et saep.—With personal objects:

est plane oratoris movere risum, quod frangit adversarium, quod impedit, quod elevat, quod deterret, quod refutat,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.:

elevabatur index indiciumque,

Liv. 26, 27:

Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos,

id. 9, 37:

assiduos viros (copia),

Prop. 2, 33, 44 (3, 31, 44 M.); cf. id. 2, 34, 58 (3, 32, 58 M.).—

Of the voice, to lift up, raise (late Lat.):

vocem,

Vulg. Judic. 2, 4 al.

lībĕro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of the fut. perf. liberasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 66), v. a. [1. liber], to make or set free, to free, liberate (syn. vindico).

Lit., to release from slavery, to free, manumil:

amicas emite, liberate,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 22:

liberem ego te?

id. Men. 5, 7, 35:

servos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

sese,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 182:

aliquem vindictā liberare,

Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4.—

Transf.

In gen., to free, release, extricate, deliver (cf. levo) a person or thing from something (an obligation, debt, difficulty, etc.); constr.: aliquem (aliquid) ab aliqua re, with simple abl.; less freq. with gen.

With personal objects.

With ab:

teque item ab eo vindico ac libero,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

se a Venere,

to release one's self from one's duty to Venus, id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 53.—

With abl.: divortio te liberabo incommodis, Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:

defensionum laboribus senatoriisque muneribus liberatus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

aliquem culpā,

id. Att. 13, 22, 3:

aliquem invidiā,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

aliquem suspicione crudelitatis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 3:

aliquem magnā sollicitudine,

id. Att. 6, 1, 10; cf.:

populum metu,

id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

liberatus omni perturbatione animi,

id. ib. 1, 17, 28:

aliquem periculo,

Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

obsidione,

id. B. G. 4, 19:

se aere alieno,

to pay a debt, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 4.—

With gen.:

aliquem culpae,

Liv. 41, 19:

voti liberari,

id. 5, 28.—

With ex:

multos ex incommodis pecuniā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23.—

With simple acc.:

vectigales multos ac stipendiarios liberavit,

exempted from taxes, Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

Volusii liberandi, meum fuit consilium,

to release from obligation, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

Buthrotios cum Caesar decreto suo liberavisset, viz.,

from a division of their lands, id. Att. 16, 16, C, 11:

amotusque post triumphum abdicatione dictaturae terror et linguam et animos liberaverat hominum,

Liv. 6, 16, 8:

(debitores) capitis deminutione liberantur,

i. e. from debt, Gai. Inst. 3, 84 al. —

With inanim. and abstr. objects:

eum (mundum) ab omni erratione liberavit,

Cic. Univ. 6; cf.

below, at the end of this number: quorum linguae sic inhaererent, ut loqui non possent, eae scalpello resectae liberarentur,

would be set free, id. Div. 2, 46, 96: liberare agros, to free or exempt from taxes, id. Agr. 1, 4, 10:

publica liberare,

id. ib. 2, 21, 57; cf.:

liberari omnia Asiae emporia portusque,

Liv. 32, 33:

liberata vectigalia,

id. 41, 28:

fundum alii obligatum liberare,

Dig. 18, 1, 41:

liberare fidem,

to discharge one's promise, keep one's word, Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

liberare promissa,

to cancel promises, to make them void and of no effect, id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

nomina,

to settle debts, Liv. 7, 21: impensam, to clear or repay expenses, Col. 3, 3.—Of an abstr. object:

divinum animum corpore liberatum cogitatione complecti,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 51.—

In partic.

To absolve or acquit in a court of justice (syn.:

absolvo, solvo): aliquem, opp. condemnare,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

aliquem crimine aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71: liberatur Milo, non eo consilio profectus esse, is acquitted of the charge of having undertaken a journey with the design, etc., id. Mil. 18, 47:

reum a judicibus hoc defensionis modo liberari non posse,

Quint. 7, 4, 20.—Very rarely with acc. of the charge:

crimen libidinis confessio intemperantiae liberavit,

Val. Max. 8, 1, 12.—

To clear, i. e. to pass, traverse, cross over a place without hinderance (post - Aug.):

flumen,

Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3; 4, 7, 28; Hyg. Fab. 257:

angustias freti,

Front. Strat. 1, 4, 13:

limen,

Petr. 136.—

Templa liberata, freed from buildings that obstructed the view, i. e. having a free prospect, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21.