levamen

Latin

Etymology

From levō (“I soften, mitigate”) +‎ -men. See also levāmentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leˈu̯aː.men/, [ɫ̪eˈu̯äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈva.men/, [leˈväːmen]

Noun

levāmen n (genitive levāminis); third declension

1. alleviation, mitigation
2. solace, consolation

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	levāmen	levāmina
Genitive	levāminis	levāminum
Dative	levāminī	levāminibus
Accusative	levāmen	levāmina
Ablative	levāmine	levāminibus
Vocative	levāmen	levāmina

References

• “levamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “levamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• levamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• levamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.