levigo
Italian
Verb
levigo
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From levis (“light, not heavy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈle.u̯i.ɡoː/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯ɪɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vi.ɡo/, [ˈlɛːviɡo]
Verb
levigō (present infinitive levigāre, perfect active levigāvī, supine levigātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (make light, lighten): levō
Related terms
Etymology 2
From lēvis (“smooth”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈleː.u̯i.ɡoː/, [ˈɫ̪eːu̯ɪɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vi.ɡo/, [ˈlɛːviɡo]
Verb
lēvigō (present infinitive lēvigāre, perfect active lēvigāvī, supine lēvigātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (make smooth, polish): lēvō
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “levigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- levigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Verb
levigo