levans

English

Noun

levans

1. plural of levan

Anagrams

• Valens, elvans, navels, snavel

Latin

Etymology 1

Present active participle of levō (“lift, raise”).

Participle

levāns (genitive levantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. lifting, raising
2. lightening, making light
3. relieving, easing, comforting
4. mitigating, alleviating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	levāns			levantēs	levantia
Genitive	levantis			levantium
Dative	levantī			levantibus
Accusative	levantem	levāns		levantēs levantīs	levantia
Ablative	levante levantī1			levantibus
Vocative	levāns			levantēs	levantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Galician: levante
• Istriot: Livante
• Italian: levante
• Old French: levant
  • French: levant, Levant
  • → English: Levant
• Portuguese: levante
• Sicilian: livanti
• Spanish: levante

Etymology 2

Present active participle of lēvō (“smooth, polish”).

Participle

lēvāns (genitive lēvantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. smoothing, polishing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	lēvāns			lēvantēs	lēvantia
Genitive	lēvantis			lēvantium
Dative	lēvantī			lēvantibus
Accusative	lēvantem	lēvāns		lēvantēs lēvantīs	lēvantia
Ablative	lēvante lēvantī1			lēvantibus
Vocative	lēvāns			lēvantēs	lēvantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• levans 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)