levo
English
Adjective
levo (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Clipping of levorotatory.
- Antonym: dextro
Translations
levorotatory — see levorotatory
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
levo
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From levis (“light, not heavy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈle.u̯oː/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vo/, [ˈlɛːvo]
Verb
levō (present infinitive levāre, perfect active levāvī, supine levātum); first conjugation
- I raise, elevate, lift up
- I make light, lighten
- Synonym: levigō
- I relieve, ease, comfort
- I mitigate, alleviate
Conjugation
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Descendants
- Aragonese: llevar
- Aromanian: ljeau, ljau, loari
- Asturian: llevar
- Catalan: llevar
- Corsican: levà, livà
- Dalmatian: levur
- English: levy, leaven, levant
- Extremaduran: lleval
- French: lever
- Friulian: levâ, jevâ
- Galician: levar
- Italian: levare
- Ligurian: levâ
- Middle French: lever
- Mirandese: lhebar, libar
- Neapolitan: levà, luvà
- Navarro-Aragonese: leuar, lleuar
- Occitan: levar
- Old French: lever
- Old Spanish: llevar, levar
- Piedmontese: levé
- Portuguese: levar, levantar
- Romanian: lua, luare
- Romansch: livgear
- Sardinian: leài, leare, lebare, levare
- Sassarese: libà
- Sicilian: livari
- Spanish: llevar, levantar
- Venetian: łevar
Etymology 2
From lēvis (“smooth”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈleː.u̯oː/, [ˈɫ̪eːu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vo/, [ˈlɛːvo]
Verb
lēvō (present infinitive lēvāre, perfect active lēvāvī, supine lēvātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
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See also
References
- “levo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “levo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- levo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to comfort another in his trouble: aliquem aegritudine levare
- the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
- (ambiguous) men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
- to comfort another in his trouble: aliquem aegritudine levare
- “levo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Verb
levo
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Adverb
lȇvo (Cyrillic spelling ле̑во)
- left (direction)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
levo
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