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  • 1 Spiritus lenis

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  • 2 lenis

    smooth / gentle, kind, mild.

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  • 3 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.

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  • 4 lēvis

        lēvis e, adj.,    smooth, smoothed, not rough: corpuscula: pocula, V.: amite levi tendit retia, H.: coma pectine levis, O.: Levior adsiduo detritis aequore conchis, O.: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed, Iu.: argentum, not chased, Iu.: levi cum sanguine Labitur, slippery, V.—As subst n.: Externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, smoothness, H.—Without hair, smooth, beardless: Iuventas, H.: Crura, Iu.: caput, Iu.—Youthful, delicate, tender: pectus, V.: colla, O.—Fig., of speech, smooth, flowing: oratio: verborum concursus.— As subst n.: sectans levia, polish, H.
    * * *
    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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  • 5 teres

        teres etis, adj.    [1 TER-], rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth: stipites, Cs.: oliva, V.: fusus, O.: hastile, L.: mucro, V.: cervix, rounded, V.: puer, a graceful figure, H.: plagae, tightly twisted, H.: zona, neat, O.: gemma, becoming, V.—Fig., finished, complete, smooth, polished: (sapiens) in se ipso totus teres atque rotundus, H.: Atticorum aures: oratio, polished.
    * * *
    (gen.), teretis ADJ
    smooth; tapering

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  • 6 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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  • 7 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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  • 8 levifico

    levificare, levificavi, levificatus V TRANS
    smooth, make smooth

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

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  • 9 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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  • 10 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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  • 11 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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  • 12 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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  • 13 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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  • 14 teres

    tĕrĕs, ĕtis, adj. [tero; cf. Gr. terên, tender], rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth, etc.:

    teres est in longitudine rotundatum, quales asseres natura ministrat,

    Fest. p. 363 Müll. (class.; syn. rotundus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    stipites,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

    palus,

    Col. 4, 33, 4:

    trunci arborum,

    Verg. A. 6, 207:

    oliva,

    id. E. 8, 16:

    virga,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    fusus,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    hastile,

    Liv. 21, 8, 10: mucro, Verg. A. 7, 665:

    lapillus,

    Ov. M. 10, 260:

    (fundae) habena,

    Verg. A. 11, 579.—Of parts of the body:

    cervix,

    round, slender, Lucr. 1, 35, Verg. A. 8, 633; so,

    collum,

    Ov. M. 10, 113:

    brachiolum,

    Cat. 61, 181. surae, Hor. C. 2, 4, 21, Ov. M. 11, 80:

    membra,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    digiti,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 622, hence, of the form:

    puer,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 28.—Of other objects:

    plagae,

    tightly twisted, firmly woven, Hor. C. 1, 1, 28 strophium, Cat. 64, 65:

    zona,

    Ov. F. 2, 320:

    gemma,

    Verg. A. 5, 313:

    iaspis, Claud Rapt. Pros. 2, 40: catena,

    Luc. 3, 565:

    filum,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80:

    mitra,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 185: coma, curling, curly, Varr. ap Non. 328, 12.—
    II.
    Trop., in gen., smooth, polished, elegani:

    (sapiens) teres atque rotundus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 86, imitated by Aus. Idyll. 16, 4:

    Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae,

    Cic. Or. 9, 27:

    teretes aures intellegensque judicium,

    id. Opt. Gen. 4, 11:

    vox in disputationibus,

    smooth, without impediment, Quint. 11, 3, 64:

    oratio plena, sed tamen teres,

    rounded off, polished, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199:

    Ciceroni mollius teretiusque visum est, fretu scribere quam freto,

    Gell. 13, 20, 15.— Sup. and adv. seem not to occur.

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  • 15 aequor

        aequor oris, n    [aequus], an even surface, level: camporum aequora: campi, V.: Libyci aequoris harenae, V.—In ending a long poem: inmensum spatiis confecimus aequor, V. — Esp., the sea, ocean: Aegaeum, O.: ingens, H.: saeva aequora, V.: aequora cingentia terras, O.: vastum maris, V.: tellus et aequora ponti, V. — Poet., of the Tiber: sternere aequor aquis, smooth the surface with his waters, V.
    * * *
    level/smooth surface, plain; surface of the sea; sea, ocean

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  • 16 blandus

        blandus adj. with comp. and sup.    [MAL-], of smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing: homo blandior, T.: amicus: adfabilis, blandus, N.: canes, V.: adversus alqm: in publico, L.: blandus fidibus Ducere quercūs, H.: chorus doctā prece blandus, H. — Fig., flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive: oratio: voces, V.: preces, H.: verba, O.: inlecebrae voluptatis: manus Non sumptuosā blandior hostiā, not more acceptable with a costly victim, H.: caudae, O.: otium consuetudine in dies blandius, L.: voluptates, blandissimae dominae, most seductive.
    * * *
    blanda -um, blandior -or -us, blandissimus -a -um ADJ
    flattering, coaxing; charming, pleasant; smooth, gentle; alluring, attractive

    Latin-English dictionary > blandus

  • 17 ēnōdis

        ēnōdis e, adj.    [ex + nodus], free from knots, smooth: trunci, V.: abies, O.
    * * *
    enodis, enode ADJ
    without knots; smooth

    Latin-English dictionary > ēnōdis

  • 18 glaber

        glaber bra, brum, adj.    [GLAB-], smooth: eunuchi, beardless, Ph.—As subst m., a beardless slave, Ct.
    * * *
    glabra, glabrum ADJ
    hairless, smooth

    Latin-English dictionary > glaber

  • 19 lēnis

        lēnis e, adj.    with comp. and sup, soft, smooth, mild, gentle, easy, calm: aliud (vinum) lenius, T.: lenissimus ventus: spiritus, Tb.: volatus, O.: somnus, H.—Gentle, gradual: clivus, L.: iugum paulo leniore fastigio, Cs.—Fig., gentle, moderate, mild, calm, kind, favorable: animus, T.: populus R. in hostīs lenissimus: lenissima verba: lenissimum ingenium: lenior sententia, Cs.: lene consilium dare, H.: Non lenis precibus fata recludere Mercurius, H.
    * * *
    lene, lenior -or -us, lenissimus -a -um ADJ
    gentle, kind, light; smooth, mild, easy, calm

    Latin-English dictionary > lēnis

  • 20 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

    Latin-English dictionary > lēvō

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