levo
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English
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]levo (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Clipping of levorotatory.
- Antonym: dextro
Translations
[edit]levorotatory — see levorotatory
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]levo
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -evo
Verb
[edit]levo
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From levis (“light, not heavy”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈle.u̯oː/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vo/, [ˈlɛːvo]
Verb
[edit]levō (present infinitive levāre, perfect active levāvī, supine levātum); first conjugation
- to raise, elevate, lift up
- to make light, lighten
- to relieve, ease, comfort
- to mitigate, alleviate, lessen
Conjugation
[edit]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").
Derived terms
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- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
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- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lĕvāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 267
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈleː.u̯oː/, [ˈɫ̪eːu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vo/, [ˈlɛːvo]
Verb
[edit]lēvō (present infinitive lēvāre, perfect active lēvāvī, supine lēvātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
Livvi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *lëvo.
Noun
[edit]levo (genitive levon, partitive levuo)
References
[edit]- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “levo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]levo
- first-person singular present indicative of levar; "I take"
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]lȇvo (Cyrillic spelling ле̑во)
- left (direction)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]levo
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]levo
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