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  • 1 Vertumnus (Vort-)

        Vertumnus (Vort-) ī, m    [for * vertomenos, P. pass. of verto], the god of change, of the seasons, of exchange and trade, C., H., O.—Poet.: Vertumnis natus iniquis, i. e. of a fickle character, H.

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  • 2 multiformis

    multĭ-formis, e, adj. [multus-forma], many-shaped, multiform; various, diverse, manifold (class.):

    nuces,

    Col. 7, 9, 8:

    qualitates,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

    multiformes sumus,

    have a fickle character, Sen. Ep. 120, 23:

    artes multiformes et variae,

    Gell. 19, 14, 1:

    varius, multiplex, multiformis,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 14, 6:

    Ennius,

    Front. ad Verr. 1:

    historia,

    Amm. 16, 5, 7.—Hence, adv.: mul-tĭformĭter, in many ways, variously (post-Aug.):

    varie et multiformiter disserere,

    Gell. 9, 5, 7; Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202.

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  • 3 multiformiter

    multĭ-formis, e, adj. [multus-forma], many-shaped, multiform; various, diverse, manifold (class.):

    nuces,

    Col. 7, 9, 8:

    qualitates,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

    multiformes sumus,

    have a fickle character, Sen. Ep. 120, 23:

    artes multiformes et variae,

    Gell. 19, 14, 1:

    varius, multiplex, multiformis,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 14, 6:

    Ennius,

    Front. ad Verr. 1:

    historia,

    Amm. 16, 5, 7.—Hence, adv.: mul-tĭformĭter, in many ways, variously (post-Aug.):

    varie et multiformiter disserere,

    Gell. 9, 5, 7; Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202.

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  • 4 Varius

    1.
    vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.:

    arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4:

    variā veste exornatus fuit,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16;

    so of color: uvae,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73:

    lynces,

    Verg. G. 3, 264:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 6, 114:

    anguis,

    id. ib. 4, 619:

    pica,

    Petr. 28 fin.:

    flores,

    Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123:

    plumae,

    Hor. A. P. 2:

    lapides,

    id. S. 2, 4, 83:

    columnae,

    of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22:

    auctumnus purpureo colore,

    id. C. 2, 5, 12:

    colores,

    Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.:

    vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint,

    i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.—
    2.
    Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).
    a.
    A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.—
    b.
    A kind of magpie, Plin. [p. 1959] 10, 29, 41, § 78.—
    B.
    In rural lang.:

    terra,

    wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5:

    sulcus,

    Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.—
    II.
    Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;

    voluptas etiam varia dici solet,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:

    (qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

    et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,

    id. Or. 3, 12:

    res varia et multiplex,

    id. Fl. 3, 6:

    multae, copiosae variaeque rationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.:

    varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262:

    varium jus et dispar condicio,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49:

    eventus varii fortunae,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so,

    bellum,

    Flor. 4, 12, 26. —Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25. —
    2.
    Varium est, with a rel.-clause:

    quales sint (dii), varium est,

    various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.—
    B.
    Esp., of persons, etc.
    1.
    Of abilities, versatile:

    Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.:

    antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1:

    Antonius ingenio varius,

    Flor. 4, 3, 4.—
    2.
    Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit ( beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48:

    animus audax, subdolus, varius,

    Sall. C. 5, 4:

    varius incertusque agitabat,

    id. J. 74, 1:

    voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius,

    agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3:

    Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit,

    Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.:

    varium et mutabile semper Femina,

    a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.—Hence, adv.: vărĭē.
    A.
    Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner:

    mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens,

    Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173:

    smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 67. —
    B.
    Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways:

    varie moveri,

    Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

    qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt,

    id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

    numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est,

    id. Sest. 45, 97:

    varie sum affectus tuis litteris,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 1:

    postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145:

    ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,

    Sall. C. 61, 9:

    in Aequis varie bellatum,

    Liv. 5, 28, 5:

    agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,

    id. 2, 2, 9:

    hiemem aut negotia varie causari,

    Tac. A. 1, 47:

    sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere,

    Tac. A. 1, 11.—With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon' valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.
    2.
    Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,
    I.
    Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—
    II.
    L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7.

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  • 5 varius

    1.
    vărĭus, a, um, adj., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, various (cf.: diversus, distinctus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of color, etc., variegated, party-colored, mottled, etc.:

    arietis lingua nigra aut varia, vestis,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4:

    variā veste exornatus fuit,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 16;

    so of color: uvae,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 4; 33, 73:

    lynces,

    Verg. G. 3, 264:

    serpens,

    Ov. M. 6, 114:

    anguis,

    id. ib. 4, 619:

    pica,

    Petr. 28 fin.:

    flores,

    Tib. 1, 7, 45; Ov. M. 10, 123:

    plumae,

    Hor. A. P. 2:

    lapides,

    id. S. 2, 4, 83:

    columnae,

    of variegated marble, id. Ep. 1, 10, 22:

    auctumnus purpureo colore,

    id. C. 2, 5, 12:

    colores,

    Ov. M. 1, 270; cf.:

    vestra latera loris faciam ut valide varia sint,

    i. e. black and blue, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 12; id. Mil. 2, 2, 61: tergum varium, Pomp. ap. Non. 19, 31 (Com. Rel. v. 139 Rib.): sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, i. e. with constellations of various forms, Ov. M. 2, 193.—
    2.
    Subst.: vărĭa, ae, f. (i. e. bestia, a mottled animal).
    a.
    A panther, Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 63 sq.—
    b.
    A kind of magpie, Plin. [p. 1959] 10, 29, 41, § 78.—
    B.
    In rural lang.:

    terra,

    wet above and dry beneath, Col. 2, 4, 5:

    sulcus,

    Cato, R. R. 61, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 174.—
    II.
    Trop., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various, etc.: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;

    voluptas etiam varia dici solet,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:

    (qualitates) variae et quasi multiformes,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 26:

    et ea, quae videntur acerba, quae multa et varia in hominum vitā fortunāque versantur,

    id. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum,

    id. Or. 3, 12:

    res varia et multiplex,

    id. Fl. 3, 6:

    multae, copiosae variaeque rationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 222; cf.:

    varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; cf. id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61, 262:

    varium jus et dispar condicio,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 49:

    eventus varii fortunae,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 22: victoria, wavering, = anceps, Sall. J. 5, 1; Liv. 2, 6, 10; so,

    bellum,

    Flor. 4, 12, 26. —Of opinions: varias esse opiniones intellego: sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. divergent opinions, differences where there is yet substantial agreement (while diversae opiniones are opposite views), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25. —
    2.
    Varium est, with a rel.-clause:

    quales sint (dii), varium est,

    various opinions prevail, Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 13.—
    B.
    Esp., of persons, etc.
    1.
    Of abilities, versatile:

    Plato et varius et multiplex et copiosus fuit,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; cf.:

    antequam scirem quam varium, quam flexibile quam multiplex (ejus ingenium) esset,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 1:

    Antonius ingenio varius,

    Flor. 4, 3, 4.—
    2.
    Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: miror quid sit, quod pater tuus, homo constantissimus, te nobis varium reliquit ( beaten black and blue, and fickle-minded,) Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48:

    animus audax, subdolus, varius,

    Sall. C. 5, 4:

    varius incertusque agitabat,

    id. J. 74, 1:

    voltu et oculis pariter atque animo varius,

    agitated, irresolute, id. ib. 113, 3:

    Pausanias magnus homo, sed varius in omni genere vitae fuit,

    Nep. Paus. 1, 1; cf.:

    varium et mutabile semper Femina,

    a fickle thing, Verg. A. 4, 569.—Hence, adv.: vărĭē.
    A.
    Lit., with diverse colors, in a variegated manner:

    mithrax gemma multicolor, contra solem varie refulgens,

    Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173:

    smaragdi Cyprii varie glauci,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 67. —
    B.
    Trop., variously, changeably, diversely, differently, in various ways:

    varie moveri,

    Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

    qui (sermones) ab his, qui illum audierunt, perscripti varie et copiose sunt,

    id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

    numerus hujus generis late et varie diffusus est,

    id. Sest. 45, 97:

    varie sum affectus tuis litteris,

    id. Fam. 16, 4, 1:

    postea decernitur, ac non varie, sed prope cunctis sententiis,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 145:

    ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,

    Sall. C. 61, 9:

    in Aequis varie bellatum,

    Liv. 5, 28, 5:

    agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,

    id. 2, 2, 9:

    hiemem aut negotia varie causari,

    Tac. A. 1, 47:

    sagittarios varie passimque collocare, Auct. B. Afr. 60: disserere,

    Tac. A. 1, 11.—With a punning allusion to 1. Varia: Ep. Perpetuon' valuisti? Th. Varie. Ep. Qui varie valent, caprigenum hominum non placet mihi neque pantherinum genus, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 15.
    2.
    Vărĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens; esp.,
    I.
    Q. Varius of Sucro, in Spain, called Hybrida, a tribune of the people A.U.C. 663, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Brut. 49, 182; 62, 221; Val. Max. 4, 3, 7.—
    II.
    L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace, Verg. E. 9, 35; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Mart. 8, 18, 7.

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  • 6 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.
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    leve, levior -or -us, levissimus -a -um ADJ
    light, thin, trivial, trifling, slight; gentle; fickle, capricious; nimble; smooth; slippery, polished, plain; free from coarse hair/harsh sounds

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  • 7 varius

        varius adj.    —Of color and appearance, variegated, party-colored, mottled, diverse, various: vestis, T.: lynces, V.: flores, O.: columnae, of variegated marble, H.: auctumnus Purpureo colere, H.: Sparsa quoque in vario passim miracula caelo videt, diversified, O.—Fig., diverse, different, manifold, changing, varying, changeable, various: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna; voluptas etiam varia dici solet: curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum: rationes: ius: bellum variā victoriā fuit. S.: varias esse opiniones intellego sunt qui putant, etc., i. e. differences of view (i. e. with substantial agreement): quales sint (dii), varium est, various opinions prevail.—Of abilities, versatile: Plato varius et multiplex fuit.—Of character, fickle, inconstant, changeable, untrustworthy: quam non varius fuerit in causā: varius incertusque agitabat, S.: in omni genere vitae, N.: varium et mutabile semper Femina, a fickle thing, V.
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    varia, varium ADJ
    different; various, diverse; changing; colored; party colored, variegated

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  • 8 ambiguus

        ambiguus adj.    [ambi + 1 AG-], going two ways, wavering, uncertain: per ambiguum favorem gratiam victoris spectare, by showing equal favor to both sides, L.: Proteus, assuming different forms, O.: Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram, i. e. the name would be of double application, H.— Fig., wavering, vacillating, uncertain, doubtful: si dudum fuerat ambiguom hoc mihi, T.: haud ambiguus rex, L.: Ambiguum Clymene precibus Phaëthontis, an irā Mota magis, uncertain whether, O.: imperandi, Ta.—Of speech, obscure, dark, ambiguous: verba: oracula. — Of character, uncertain, not trustworthy, doubtful: fides, L.: domus, V. — As subst n., doubt, uncertainty, a dark saying: servet in ambiguo Iuppiter, H.: ambiguorum complura sunt genera.
    * * *
    ambigua, ambiguum ADJ
    changeable, doubtful, ambiguous, wavering, fickle; treacherous, unethical

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  • 9 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.:

    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    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).—
    2.
    Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

    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. —
    3.
    Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

    tactus,

    a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

    strepitus,

    id. ib. 7, 840:

    stridor,

    id. ib. 4, 413.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

    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.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    opum levior,

    Sil. 2, 102.—
    B.
    In disposition or character.
    1.
    Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

    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.—
    2.
    Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

    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.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    armati,

    light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

    levius casura pila sperabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

    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. —
    b.
    Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

    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.
    2.
    lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    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.—
    B.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > levis

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