allevo
See also: allevò
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allevo
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Etymology 1 edit
From ad- + levō (“lift up, raise”), from levis (“light”).
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.le.u̯oː/, [ˈälːʲeu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.le.vo/, [ˈälːevo]
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allevō (present infinitive allevāre, perfect active allevāvī, supine allevātum); first conjugation
- to lift or set up, raise
- (figuratively) to lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce
- (figuratively) to sustain, comfort, console
- (figuratively) to raise up, make distinguished; enhance
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Etymology 2 edit
From ad- + lēvō (“make smooth”), from lēvis (“smooth”).
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈleː.u̯oː/, [älˈlʲeːu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈle.vo/, [älˈlɛːvo]
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allēvō (present infinitive allēvāre, perfect active allēvāvī, supine allēvātum); first conjugation
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- (alleviate): lēvō
References edit
- “allevo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- allevo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.