levatus

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Perfect passive participle of levō (lift, raise).

Participle

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levātus (feminine levāta, neuter levātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. raised, lifted
  2. lightened
  3. relieved, eased, comforted
  4. mitigated, alleviated
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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Vulgar Latin: *levitum (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

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Perfect passive participle of lēvō (smooth, polish).

Participle

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lēvātus (feminine lēvāta, neuter lēvātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. smoothed, polished, having been made smooth.
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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  • levatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • levatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • levatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.