levator
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun edit
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 edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (type of muscle): See Category:en:Muscles
- (type of instrument): See instruments used in general surgery
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “levator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “levator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leˈu̯aː.tor/, [ɫ̪eˈu̯äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈva.tor/, [leˈväːt̪or]
Etymology 1 edit
From levō (“to lift up, raise, elevate”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”).
Noun edit
levātor m (genitive levātōris, feminine levātrīx); third declension
Inflection edit
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 edit
- → English: levator
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
levātor
References edit
- “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.