extollo

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.

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.

sērĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. for sevrius; root sev-, severus; Gr. sebas, semnos], grave, earnest, serious, opp. to sportive, jocular (class. only of things;

severus, both of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae),

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134:

sermo (opp. jocus),

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

non res potissimum seria, sed quasi ludus ac jocus,

Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so,

res serias omnis extollo in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 51:

ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

dies religiosus ad agendum quicquam rei seriae,

id. 26, 17 al.:

verba,

Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107:

quaestiones,

Suet. Calig. 32:

carmina,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

curae,

id. ib. 82 fin.:

partes dierum,

id. ib. 49 fin.:

tempus,

id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.:

opinor hercle hodie quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

si aliquid serium, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 16:

nec quicquam grave ac serium,

Tac. A. 3, 50 fin. —With sup.:

verba seria dictu,

Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and more freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., earnestness, seriousness; serious matters or discourse (often opp. jocus); sing.:

si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

itaque res in serium versa est,

Curt. 5, 7, 10:

nihil ad serium,

Tac. A. 6, 14.— Plur.:

quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

cum his seria ac jocos celebrare,

Liv. 1, 4 fin.:

per seria per jocos,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.:

mala,

Hor. A. P. 451:

mea (opp. lusus),

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31:

(Marsus) seria partitur in tria genera,

Quint. 6, 3, 108:

ille seria nostra, ille deliciae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for severus (ante- and post-class.): non ego te novi tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33:

amicos serios aspernatur,

App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9:

Solon,

id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

sērĭō, in earnest, seriously (mostly anteclass.; a favorite word of Plaut.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec serio,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25:

si quid dictum est per jocum, Non aequom est id te serio praevortier,

id. ib. 3, 2, 40:

an id joco dixisti? equidem serio ac vero ratus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: vereor serio, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—

sērĭē, in earnest, seriously:

(post-class.) vultu serie pulcro,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.

sērĭus, comp. adv., v. 3. sero.

sērĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. for sevrius; root sev-, severus; Gr. sebas, semnos], grave, earnest, serious, opp. to sportive, jocular (class. only of things;

severus, both of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae),

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134:

sermo (opp. jocus),

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

non res potissimum seria, sed quasi ludus ac jocus,

Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so,

res serias omnis extollo in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 51:

ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

dies religiosus ad agendum quicquam rei seriae,

id. 26, 17 al.:

verba,

Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107:

quaestiones,

Suet. Calig. 32:

carmina,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

curae,

id. ib. 82 fin.:

partes dierum,

id. ib. 49 fin.:

tempus,

id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.:

opinor hercle hodie quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

si aliquid serium, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 16:

nec quicquam grave ac serium,

Tac. A. 3, 50 fin. —With sup.:

verba seria dictu,

Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and more freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., earnestness, seriousness; serious matters or discourse (often opp. jocus); sing.:

si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

itaque res in serium versa est,

Curt. 5, 7, 10:

nihil ad serium,

Tac. A. 6, 14.— Plur.:

quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

cum his seria ac jocos celebrare,

Liv. 1, 4 fin.:

per seria per jocos,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.:

mala,

Hor. A. P. 451:

mea (opp. lusus),

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31:

(Marsus) seria partitur in tria genera,

Quint. 6, 3, 108:

ille seria nostra, ille deliciae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for severus (ante- and post-class.): non ego te novi tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33:

amicos serios aspernatur,

App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9:

Solon,

id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

sērĭō, in earnest, seriously (mostly anteclass.; a favorite word of Plaut.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec serio,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25:

si quid dictum est per jocum, Non aequom est id te serio praevortier,

id. ib. 3, 2, 40:

an id joco dixisti? equidem serio ac vero ratus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: vereor serio, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—

sērĭē, in earnest, seriously:

(post-class.) vultu serie pulcro,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.

sērĭus, comp. adv., v. 3. sero.

sērĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. for sevrius; root sev-, severus; Gr. sebas, semnos], grave, earnest, serious, opp. to sportive, jocular (class. only of things;

severus, both of persons and things): res (opp. jocosae),

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134:

sermo (opp. jocus),

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

non res potissimum seria, sed quasi ludus ac jocus,

Lact. 2, 18, 3: graves seriaeque res, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103; so,

res serias omnis extollo in alium diem,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 51:

ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; Liv. 23, 7 fin.:

dies religiosus ad agendum quicquam rei seriae,

id. 26, 17 al.:

verba,

Tib. 3, 6, 52; cf. Hor. A. P. 107:

quaestiones,

Suet. Calig. 32:

carmina,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

curae,

id. ib. 82 fin.:

partes dierum,

id. ib. 49 fin.:

tempus,

id. Ep. 4, 25, 3 et saep.:

opinor hercle hodie quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

si aliquid serium, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 16:

nec quicquam grave ac serium,

Tac. A. 3, 50 fin. —With sup.:

verba seria dictu,

Hor. A. P. 107.—As subst.: sērĭum, i, and more freq. sērĭa, ōrum, n., earnestness, seriousness; serious matters or discourse (often opp. jocus); sing.:

si quid per jocum Dixi, nolito in serium convortere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

itaque res in serium versa est,

Curt. 5, 7, 10:

nihil ad serium,

Tac. A. 6, 14.— Plur.:

quīcum joca, seria, ut dicitur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 85:

joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

Sall. J. 96, 2:

cum his seria ac jocos celebrare,

Liv. 1, 4 fin.:

per seria per jocos,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 27; 2, 2, 125; id. A. P. 226; Ov. F. 5, 341 al.:

mala,

Hor. A. P. 451:

mea (opp. lusus),

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 31:

(Marsus) seria partitur in tria genera,

Quint. 6, 3, 108:

ille seria nostra, ille deliciae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2.—Of persons, for severus (ante- and post-class.): non ego te novi tristem servum, serium? Afran. ap. Non. 33, 33:

amicos serios aspernatur,

App. Mag. 98, p. 336, 9:

Solon,

id. ib. 9, p. 278 fin.; Amm. 26, 2, 2; 29, 6, 1; Treb. Claud. 12, 5; Mam. Grat. Act. 12, 2; Quint. Decl. 15, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

sērĭō, in earnest, seriously (mostly anteclass.; a favorite word of Plaut.;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): nec joco nec serio,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 25:

si quid dictum est per jocum, Non aequom est id te serio praevortier,

id. ib. 3, 2, 40:

an id joco dixisti? equidem serio ac vero ratus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 9; so (opp. joco) id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 30; Liv. 7, 41, 3: vereor serio, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 195; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225; id. Cas. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. Merc. 4, 1, 19; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 4, 7, 94; id. Poen. 1, 1, 32; 1, 3, 26; 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 2, 5, 11; 4, 4, 1; id. Truc. 2, 2, 47; 2, 5, 29; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 3; 3, 3, 22; id. Ad. 5, 9, 18; Liv. 4, 25 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 1; 9, 2, 14; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 10.—

sērĭē, in earnest, seriously:

(post-class.) vultu serie pulcro,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 15.

sērĭus, comp. adv., v. 3. sero.

sub-lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lift up from beneath, to raise up, hold up, support (class.: esp. freq. in the trop. sense; syn.: extollo, erigo).

Lit.:

qui nos sibi quondam ad pedes stratos ne sublevabat quidem,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

in ascensu sublevati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 34; id. B. G. 7, 47:

alterni innixi sublevantesque invicem et trahentes alii alios,

Liv. 5, 47, 2; 28, 20, 5; cf.:

jubis equorum sublevati,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

erigere se aut sublevare,

id. ib. 6, 27:

terrā sublevat ipsum,

Verg. A. 10, 831:

apes regem fessum umeris sublevant,

Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54:

inter manus sublevantium exstinctus est,

Suet. Vesp. 34 et saep.:

mentum sinistrā,

Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

retia furcis,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

oculos,

Vulg. Joan. 6, 5.—

Trop., to sustain, support, assist, encourage, console any one in misfortune (syn.:

auxilior, subvenio, lenio, sedo): aratores (opp. evertere),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215:

homines defendere et sublevare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

aliquem (opp. deridere),

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80:

aliquem (opp. laedere),

id. Caecin. 9, 23:

graviter eos accusat, quod tam necessario tempore ab iis non sublevetur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

oppidanos re frumentariā,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34:

provincias liberalitate,

Suet. Tib. 48:

ad sublevandos alios,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4. —Of things:

hic est status, qui unā voce omnium gemitur neque verbo cujusquam sublevatur,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1.—

To lighten, qualify, alleviate, mitigate, lessen an evil, to assuage:

non denique aliquo mediocri vitio tot tantaque ejus vitia sublevata esse videbuntur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 47:

res adversae sublevantur,

id. Sull. 27, 75:

fortunam industriā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

omnium rerum inopiam,

id. ib. 3, 80:

militum laborem,

id. B. G. 6, 32:

hominum pericula,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

calamitates hominum,

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 46:

una illa sublevanda offensio est,

id. Lael. 24, 88:

fugam pecuniā,

Nep. Att. 2: odia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 3, 1:

blandimentum sublevavit metum,

Tac. A. 14, 4:

nominis noyitatem dicendi gloriā maxime sublevabis,

will compensate for, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 2.