levo
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levo (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Clipping of levorotatory.
- Antonym: dextro
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levorotatory — see levorotatory
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levo
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- Rhymes: -evo
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levo
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Etymology 1 edit
From levis (“light, not heavy”) + -ō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.u̯oː/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vo/, [ˈlɛːvo]
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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
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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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- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “lĕvāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 267
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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
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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.
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levo (genitive levon, partitive levuo)
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levo
- first-person singular present indicative of levar; "I take"
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lȇvo (Cyrillic spelling ле̑во)
- left (direction)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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levo
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levo