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English
Alternative forms
Adjective
levo (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Clipping of levorotatory.
- Antonym: dextro
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Galician
Verb
levo
- first-person singular present indicative of levar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.vo/
- Rhymes: -ɛvo
- Hyphenation: lè‧vo
Verb
levo
- first-person singular present indicative of levare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From levis (“light, not heavy”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
levō (present infinitive levāre, perfect active levāvī, supine levātum); first conjugation
- to raise, elevate, lift up
- Synonyms: ēlevō, allevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, sublīmō, efferō, surgō, ēdō
- Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō
- to make light, lighten
- Synonyms: levigō, alleviō
- Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō
- to relieve, ease, comfort
- to mitigate, alleviate, lessen
- Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mītigō, plācō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, restinguō, compōnō, commītigō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, molliō, coerceō
- Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
References
Etymology 2
From lēvis (“smooth”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
lēvō (present infinitive lēvāre, perfect active lēvāvī, supine lēvātum); first conjugation
- to make smooth, polish
- Synonyms: allēvō, lēvigō
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Further reading
- “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, 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)
- “levo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lëvo.
Noun
levo (genitive levon, partitive levuo)
- roof
References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “levo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
levo
- first-person singular present indicative of levar; "I take"
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Adverb
lȇvo (Cyrillic spelling ле̑во)
- left (direction)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
levo
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of levi
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlebo/
- Rhymes: -ebo
- Syllabification: le‧vo
Verb
levo
- first-person singular present indicative of levar