allevo
See also: allevò
Italian
Verb
allevo
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Latin
Etymology 1
From ad- + levō (“lift up, raise”), from levis (“light”).
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.le.u̯oː/, [ˈälːʲeu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.le.vo/, [ˈälːevo]
Verb
allevō (present infinitive allevāre, perfect active allevāvī, supine allevātum); first conjugation
- I lift or set up, raise
- (figuratively) I lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce
- (figuratively) I sustain, comfort, console
- (figuratively) I raise up, make distinguished; enhance
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Etymology 2
From ad- + lēvō (“make smooth”), from lēvis (“smooth”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈleː.u̯oː/, [älˈlʲeːu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈle.vo/, [älˈlɛːvo]
Verb
allēvō (present infinitive allēvāre, perfect active allēvāvī, supine allēvātum); first conjugation
- I make smooth, smooth off or over
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (alleviate): lēvō
References
- “allevo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- allevo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.