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lēvo (laevo ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 2. levis,
I.to make smooth, to smooth, polish.
I. Lit.: “levare ac radere tigna,” Lucr. 5, 1267: corpus, * Cic. Fragm. Or. in Clod. et Cur. 5; Cels. 8, 3: “magni levatique mensarum orbes,” Sen. Helv. 11, 6: “mensas,” Stat. Th. 1, 519.—
II. Trop., of speech, to smooth down, polish, soften: “nimis aspera sano Levabit cultu,” Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 123.—Hence, P. a.: lēvātus , a, um; comp.: “quae levatiora levioraque sunt,” more highly polished, Gell. 17, 8, 15.
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 (5):
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1267
    • Seneca, de consolatione ad Helviam, 11.6
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 17.8.15
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.3
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
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