levator
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
levator (plural levatores or levators)
- (agent noun) One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:
- Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
- A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
- (type of muscle): See Category:en:Muscles
- (type of instrument): See instruments used in general surgery
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “levator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “levator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /leˈu̯aː.tor/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈva.tor/,
Etymology 1
From levō (“to lift up, raise, elevate”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”).
Noun
levātor m (genitive levātōris, feminine levātrīx); third declension
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | levātor | levātōrēs |
| Genitive | levātōris | levātōrum |
| Dative | levātōrī | levātōribus |
| Accusative | levātōrem | levātōrēs |
| Ablative | levātōre | levātōribus |
| Vocative | levātor | levātōrēs |
Descendants
- → English: levator
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
levātor
References
- “levator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- levator 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)
- levator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.