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lĕvāmen , ĭnis, n. levo,
I.an alleviation, mitigation, solace, consolation (mostly poet.): quod si esset aliquod levamen, id esset in te uno, * Cic. Att. 12, 16: dulce viatori lasso in sudore levamen, * Cat. 68, 61; * Prop. 4 (5), 11, 63. omnis curae casusque levamen, Amitto Anchisen, * Verg. A. 3, 709: “ejus mali,” Liv. 6, 35, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.16
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.709
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 35.1
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