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to make smooth

  • 1 levigo

    1.
    lēvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. lēvis], to make smooth, to smooth (not in Cic.; syn. polio, dolo, limo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    omnes parietes tectorio levigantur,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3:

    aliquid opere tectorio,

    Col. 9, 7, 1; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101:

    ad levigandam cutem,

    id. 20, 3, 10, § 20:

    alvum,

    to make slippery, Gell. 4, 11, 4:

    scabritia levigatur dente conchāve,

    Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81.—
    II.
    Transf., to make small, bruise small, pulverize, levigate:

    quae diligenter contrita levigantur,

    Col. 12, 41 fin.:

    semina,

    id. 6, 17, 3:

    galla cum austero vino levigata,

    id. 7, 5, 12; 9, 13, 5.— Hence, lēvĭgātus, a, um, P. a., smooth, slippery (post-class. and rare):

    oleum levigatius et spissius est,

    Macr. S. 1, 12 med.
    2.
    lĕvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. levis], to make light, lighten:

    gravia, Cassiod. de Amic. prol. § 33: pondus sollicitudinis, Gregor. Ep. 7, 76: omni sarcinā,

    App. M. 4, p. 142, 23.

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  • 2 levigo

    I
    levigare, levigavi, levigatus V TRANS
    smooth, make smooth, smooth out, remove roughnss; pulverize; make small (L+S)
    II
    levigare, levigavi, levigatus V TRANS
    lighten; relieve

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  • 3 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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  • 4 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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  • 5 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

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  • 6 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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  • 7 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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  • 8 adlevo

    adlevare, adlevavi, adlevatus V TRANS
    lift/heap/pile up, raise, exalt; alleviate, diminish, weaken; comfort, console; smooth, smooth off, make smooth; polish; depilate

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  • 9 allevo

    allevare, allevavi, allevatus V TRANS
    lift/heap/pile up, raise, exalt; alleviate, diminish, weaken; comfort, console; smooth, smooth off, make smooth; polish; depilate

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  • 10 levifico

    levificare, levificavi, levificatus V TRANS
    smooth, make smooth

    w/linguam -- deal decietfully w/tongue = lie/smooth talk

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  • 11 expolio

    expŏlĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, make smooth, polish.
    I.
    Lit.:

    hac (i. e. herinacei) cute expoliuntur vestes,

    Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 135:

    libellus arida pumice expolitus,

    Cat. 1, 2:

    aedes expolitae,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 18:

    expolitus paries,

    Vitr. 7, 9; cf. under P. a.:

    signum,

    Quint. 2, 19, 3:

    scabritias unguium,

    Plin. 24, 4, 6, § 12.— Pass. in mid. force:

    numquam concessavimus poliri, expoliri, pingi,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 11. —
    II.
    Trop., to polish, finish, accomplish, embellish, improve, refine, elaborate:

    parentes (liberos) expoliunt, docent litteras,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 45; cf.:

    Dionem Plato doctrinis omnibus expolivit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 139:

    vir omni vita atque victu excultus atque expolitus,

    id. Brut. 25, 95:

    illi te expoliendum limandumque permittas,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10:

    Graeca doctrina expolitus,

    Gell. 15, 11, 3:

    nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40:

    nihil omnibus ex partibus perfectum natura expolivit,

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    inventum,

    Auct. Her. 2, 18, 27:

    eandem rem eodem modo dicere... id obtundere auditorem est, non rem expolire,

    id. 4, 42, 54:

    partiones,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

    orationem,

    Quint. 8, 3, 42:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 60:

    opus,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 38.—
    B.
    Com., to polish off, i. e. to ruin:

    qui amat, nequit quin nihili sit atque improbis artibus se expoliat,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 3.—Hence, expŏlī-tus, a, um, P. a., polished, smooth, neat, clean:

    dens expolitior,

    Cat. 39, 20:

    frumenta expolitiora,

    Col. 2, 20, 6: villae expolitissimae, Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 2, 20, 6.

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  • 12 deglabro

    deglabrare, deglabravi, deglabratus V TRANS
    make smooth; (remove bark from trees/logs); smooth off (L+S)

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  • 13 delaevo

    delaevare, delaevavi, delaevatus V TRANS
    smooth down/off; make smooth (L+S)

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  • 14 delevo

    delevare, delevavi, delevatus V TRANS
    smooth down/off; make smooth (L+S)

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  • 15 deglabro

    dē-glā̆bro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to smooth off, make smooth:

    arbores,

    Dig. 47, 7, 5:

    corpus,

    Lact. 1, 21.

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  • 16 delevo

    dē-lēvo (or dēlaevo), āre, v. a., to smooth off, make smooth:

    plagam acutissimo ferro,

    Col. Arb. 6, 4.

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  • 17 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.
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    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 > levō

  • 18 mitigo

    to make mild or ripe, make smooth, pacify, appease.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > mitigo

  • 19 confrico

    confricare, confricavi, confricatus V TRANS
    rub vigorously; rub (with unguents, massage, rub down (body); rub/make smooth

    Latin-English dictionary > confrico

  • 20 irrado

    irrādo ( inr-), 3, v. a. [1. in-rado].
    I.
    To scrape into:

    eodem silphium irradito,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 7; cf. § 8.—
    II.
    To scrape, shave, make smooth:

    caput irrasum,

    shaved, bald, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > irrado

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