levi

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian levare (“to lift”) and Latin levō.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -evi
• Hyphenation: le‧vi

Verb

levi (present levas, past levis, future levos, conditional levus, volitive levu)

1. to lift, to raise
   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio‎:

     ili sin levis en longa linio el la maro

     they lifted themselves in a long line out of the sea

Conjugation

Conjugation of levi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense levas levis levos active participle levanta levantaj levinta levintaj levonta levontaj acc. levantan levantajn levintan levintajn levontan levontajn passive participle levata levataj levita levitaj levota levotaj acc. levatan levatajn levitan levitajn levotan levotajn nominal active participle levanto levantoj levinto levintoj levonto levontoj acc. levanton levantojn levinton levintojn levonton levontojn nominal passive participle levato levatoj levito levitoj levoto levotoj acc. levaton levatojn leviton levitojn levoton levotojn adverbial active participle levante levinte levonte adverbial passive participle levate levite levote infinitive levi imperative levu conditional levus

Derived terms

• leviĝi (“to rise up”)
• levstango (“crowbar”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vi/
• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Hyphenation: lè‧vi

Verb

levi

1. inflection of levare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• live, veli, vile

Latin

Adjective

levī

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of levis

References

• levi 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)
• “levi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lijȇvī (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêːʋiː/
• Hyphenation: le‧vi

Adjective

lȇvī (Cyrillic spelling ле̑вӣ)

1. left
2. left-wing
3. (heraldry) sinister

Declension