levans

levans

1. plural of levan

• Valens, elvans, navels, snavel

Present active participle of levō (“lift, raise”).

levāns (genitive levantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. lifting, raising
2. lightening, making light
3. relieving, easing, comforting
4. mitigating, alleviating

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Present active participle of lēvō (“smooth, polish”).

lēvāns (genitive lēvantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. smoothing, polishing

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• "levans", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)