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1 levis
levis e, adj. with comp. and sup. [2 LEG-]. —Of weight, light, not heavy: terra, light soil, V.: levis armaturae Numidae, light-armed, Cs.: miles, L.: nudi, aut sagulo leves, lightly clad, Ta.: Per levīs populos, shades, O.: virgāque levem coerces Aureā turbam, H.—Of digestion, light, easy to digest: malvae, H.—Of motion, light, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid: venti, O.: pollex, O.: ad motūs leviores, N.: Messapus cursu, V.: Quaere modos leviore plectro, gayer, H.: hora, fleeting, O.— Slight, trifling, small: Ignis, O.: tactus, gentle, O.: querellae, O.—Fig., without weight, of no consequence, light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty: labores, T.: haec leviora fortasse: verba: auditio, unfounded report, Cs.: cui res et pecunia levissima fuit, insignificant: proelium, skirmish, Cs.: leviore de causā, Cs.: praecordia levibus flagrantia causis, Iu.: versūs, H.: Flebis levis, neglected, H.: rati, leviorem futurum apud patres reum, L.— Easy, light: non est leve Observare, no easy matter, Iu.: quidquid levius putaris, easier, Iu.: leviora tolli Pergama, H.—Of character, light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, untrustworthy, false: mulieres sunt levi sententiā, T.: homo: tu levior cortice, H.: iudices: quid levius aut turpius, Cs.: auctor, L.: spes, empty, H.— Light, not severe, mild, gentle, pleasant: alquos leviore nomine appellare: audire leviora, milder reproaches, H.: eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est, mildest, L.: Sithoniis non levis Euhius, i. e. hostile, H.* * *leve, levior -or -us, levissimus -a -um ADJlight, thin, trivial, trifling, slight; gentle; fickle, capricious; nimble; smooth; slippery, polished, plain; free from coarse hair/harsh sounds -
2 levis
1.lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).I.Lit.:B.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.1.Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):2.quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,
lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:leves malvae,
Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:gravi Malvae salubres corpori,
id. Epod. 2, 57).—Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:3.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:II.tactus,
a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:strepitus,
id. ib. 7, 840:stridor,
id. ib. 4, 413.Trop.A.Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):(β).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.):B.opum levior,
Sil. 2, 102.—In disposition or character.1.Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:2.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):1.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):2.armati,
light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:levius casura pila sperabat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—Trop.a.Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:b.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,
id. 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:2.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.lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.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, [p. 1055] 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.—Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—II.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. -
3 mitis
mītis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. mith-, to associate; Lat. mutuus], mild, mellow, mature, ripe; of the soil, mellow, light, kindly, fruitful; of a river, calm, gentle, placid (class.; syn.: lenis, placidus, comis).I.Lit.:II.sunt nobis mitia poma,
Verg. E. 1, 81:uva,
id. G. 1, 448:Bacchus (i. e. vinum),
mellow, id. ib. 1, 344:suci,
Ov. M. 14, 690:mite solum Tiburis,
Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:mitis (fluvius) in morem stagni,
Verg. A. 8, 88:flamma,
harmless, innoxious, Sil. 16, 120.—Trop., mild, soft, gentle.A.In gen.:B.nihil tam vidi mite, nihil tam placatum, quam tum meus frater erat in sororem tuam,
Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3:mitis tranquillusque homo,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 2:homo mitissimus atque lenissimus,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:ex feris et immanibus, mites reddidit et mansuetos,
id. Inv. 1, 2, 2.— Poet., with acc., in respect of:nec Mauris animum mitior anguibus,
Hor. C. 3, 10, 18. —With dat.:mites hostibus,
Ov. P. 2, 1, 48:poenitentiae mitior,
towards the penitent, Tac. Agr. 16.—Of things:C.mitis et misericors animus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:consilium,
Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 5:doctrina,
Cic. Mur. 29, 160: malum, blandum atque dolosum, Lucil. ap. Non. 343, 9:mitius exsilium,
Ov. Tr. 2, 185:servitium,
Prop. 3, 13, 20:opes,
acquired through a long peace, Sil. 14, 653:affectus mitiores,
Quint. 5, 13, 2:ingenium,
Juv. 4, 82; 13, 184:animus,
id. 14, 15.—Of speech:III.Thucydides si posterius fuisset, multo maturior fuisset et mitior,
riper and mellower, more palalable, Cic. Brut. 83, 288:mitis et compta oratio,
id. Sen. 9, 28:non hac tam atroci, sed illa lege mitissima, causam dicere,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.—Comically, made soft, mellow with beating:mitis sum equidem fustibus,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 31; cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12.—Hence, adv.: mīte, mildly, soflly, gently (rare;not in Cic.): mite connivere,
App. M. 10, p. 285, 4.— Comp.:mitius ille perit,
Ov. P. 3, 7, 27. — Sup.:mitissime legatos appellare,
Caes. B. G. 7, 43. -
4 sarculum
sarcŭlum, i, n. ( masc. collat. form, acc. plur., sarculos, Pall. 1, 43, 3) [sario = sarrio], an implement for loosening the soil, weeding, etc., a light hoe (cf.:ligo, pastinum),
Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 155, 1; Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Muüll.; Col. 2, 11, 10; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 79 (Jahn, sacculo); 19, 6, 33, § 109; Ov. M. 11, 36; id. F. 1, 699; Hor. C. 1, 1, 11; Vulg. Isa. 7, 25.
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