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al-lĕvo (adl- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. lĕvo.
I. Lit., to lift up, to raise on high, to raise, set up (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare, perh. only twice in Sall. and Hirt.; later often, esp. in Quint. and the histt.): quibus (laqueis) adlevati milites facilius ascenderent, * Sall. J. 94, 2: pauci elevati scutis, borne up on their shields (others: adlevatis scutis, with uplifted shields, viz. for protection against the darts of the enemy), Auct. B. Alex. 20: “gelidos complexibus adlevat artus,Ov. M. 6, 249: “cubito adlevat artus,id. ib. 7, 343: “naves turribus atque tabulatis adlevatae,Flor. 4, 11, 5: “supercilia adlevare,Quint. 11, 3, 79 (cf. the Gr. τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν); so, “bracchium,id. 11, 3, 41: “pollicem,id. 11, 3, 142: “manum,id. 11, 3, 94; Vulg. Eccli. 36, 3: “oculos,Curt. 8, 14: “faciem alicujus manu,Suet. Calig. 36: adlevavit eum, lifted him up (of the lame man), Vulg. Act. 3, 7 al.
II. Trop.
A. To lighten, alleviate, mitigate physical or mental troubles; or, referring to the individual who suffers, to lift up, sustain, comfort, console (class.): aliorum aerumnam dictis adlevans, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71 (cf. Sophocl. Fragm. ap. Brunck. p. 588: Καλῶς κακῶς πράσσοντι συμπαραινέσας): ubi se adlevat, ibi me adlevat, * Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 3: “Allevat Dominus omnes, qui corruunt,Vulg. Psa. 144, 14: “dejecistis eos, dum adlevarentur,ib. ib. 72, 18: “onus, aliquā ex parte,Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: “sollicitudines,id. Brut. 3, 12: “adlevor cum loquor tecum absens,id. Att. 12, 39: adlevare corpus, id. ib. 7, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 31: adlevor animum (poet.), Tac. A. 6, 43.—
B. To diminish the force or weight of a thing, to lessen, lighten: “adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut adlevatur,Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78: “adlevatae notae,removed, Tac. H. 1, 52.—
C. To raise up, i. e. to make distinguished; pass., to be or become distinguished: “C. Caesar eloquentiā et spiritu et jam consulatu adlevabatur,Flor. 4, 2, 10.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.39
    • New Testament, Acts, 3.7
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 144.14
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 4.10
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.249
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.343
    • Plautus, Persa, 2.5
    • Old Testament, Ecclesiasticus, 36.3
    • Tacitus, Annales, 6.43
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.52
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 36
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.29
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.142
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.41
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.79
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.94
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 94
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.8
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.14
    • Cicero, Brutus, 3.12
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.42
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