levis

See also Levis, and Levi's

Esperanto

Verb

levis

1. past of levi

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *leχwī, from pre-Italic *legʰu < *h₁legʷʰ-u-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”). Cognates include Sanskrit लघु (laghú), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) and ἐλαχύς (elakhús) and Old English lēoht (English light).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈle.wis/

• Audio (Classical)

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Adjective

levis m and f, leve n; third declension

1. light (not heavy)
2. quick, swift
3. fickle
4. dispensable
5. trivial, trifling
   • c. 50 CE, Seneca the Younger, Phaedra, 607

     Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent.

     Trivial concerns talk, great ones are speechless.

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	levis	leve		levēs	levia
genitive	levis	levis		levium	levium
dative	levī	levī		levibus	levibus
accusative	levem	leve		levēs	levia
ablative	levī	levī		levibus	levibus
vocative	levis	leve		levēs	levia

Antonyms

• (quick, swift): lentus

Derived terms

• levitās
• levō

Descendants

Aromanian: lishor Catalan: lleuger French: liège, léger (Old French and Middle French legier) Italian: lieve, leggero

Portuguese: leve Romanian: ușor, lejer Romansch: lev Spanish: leve, lieve, ligero

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek λεῖος (leios, “smooth, plain, level, hairless, soft”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈleː.wis/

• Audio (Classical)

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Adjective

lēvis m and f, lēve n; third declension

1. smooth, smoothed
2. (substantive) smoothness

Alternative forms

• laevis (incorrect)

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	lēvis	lēve		lēvēs	lēvia
genitive	lēvis	lēvis		lēvium	lēvium
dative	lēvī	lēvī		lēvibus	lēvibus
accusative	lēvem	lēve		lēvēs	lēvia
ablative	lēvī	lēvī		lēvibus	lēvibus
vocative	lēvis	lēve		lēvēs	lēvia