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lĕvātĭo , ōnis, f. id.. *
I. A lifting up, raising, elevating: “onerum levationes facere,Vitr. 10, 8; a metrical t. t. = ἄρσις, Aug. Mas. II. 18.—
II. Trop.
A. An alleviation, mitigation, relief (class.): “alicui esse levationi,Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 5: “ea, quae levationem habeant aegritudinum,may produce an alleviation, may alleviate, id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: “levationem invenire acerbissimis doloribus,id. ib. 5, 41, 121: “doloris at officii debiti,id. Att. 12, 23, 3.—
B. A diminishing (rare but class.): “vitiorum,Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67: “periculi,Vell. 2, 130 fin.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.4.5
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.23.3
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 10.8
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.24
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.49
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