allevio

• IPA^(key): /alˈlɛ.vjo/
• Rhymes: -ɛvjo
• Hyphenation: al‧lè‧vio

allevio

1. first-person singular present indicative of alleviare

• alivole, allievo, alveoli

• adleviō

From ad- +‎ levis (“light”) +‎ -iō (causative verb-forming suffix). Found in Late Latin. Compare the prefixless counterpart leviō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [alˈlɛ.wi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [alˈlɛː.vi.o]

alleviō (present infinitive alleviāre, perfect active alleviāvī, supine alleviātum); first conjugation

1. to make light, lighten

   Synonyms: levigō, levō

   Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō

2. (figuratively) to relieve, alleviate

   Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mītigō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, plācō, restinguō, compōnō, commītigō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, molliō, coerceō

   Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō

• alleviātus

• “allevio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allevio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• allevio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alleviare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 331