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lēvĭtas (laev- ), ātis, f. 2. lēvis,
I.smoothness.
I. Lit. (class.): “speculorum,” Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7: “intestinorum,” slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—
II. Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility: “Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,” Cic. Or. 31, 110: “verborum,” Quint. 10, 1, 52: “effeminata,” id. 8, 3, 6.
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 (9):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.25
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.7
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.52
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 4.16
    • Cicero, Orator, 31.110
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 14
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 6
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