levo

• laevo

levo (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Clipping of levorotatory.

   Antonym: dextro

• Love, love, velo-, vole, voël

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛbo/ [ˈlɛ.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛbo
• Hyphenation: le‧vo

levo

1. first-person singular present indicative of levar

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vo/
• Rhymes: -ɛvo
• Hyphenation: lè‧vo

levo

1. first-person singular present indicative of levare

• Elvo, velo, velò, vole

From levis (“light, not heavy”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.vo]

levō (present infinitive levāre, perfect active levāvī, supine levātum); first conjugation

1. to raise, elevate, lift up

   Synonyms: ēlevō, allevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, sublīmō, efferō, surgō, ēdō

   Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō

2. to make light, lighten

   Synonyms: levigō, alleviō

   Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō

3. to relieve, ease, comfort
4. to mitigate, alleviate, lessen

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

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

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lĕvāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 267

From lēvis (“smooth”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫeː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.vo]

lēvō (present infinitive lēvāre, perfect active lēvāvī, supine lēvātum); first conjugation

1. to make smooth, polish

   Synonyms: allēvō, lēvigō

• laevus

• “levo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “levo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• levo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to comfort another in his trouble: aliquem aegritudine levare
    
  • the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
    
  • (ambiguous) men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
    
• “levo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

From Proto-Finnic *lëvo.

levo (genitive levon, partitive levuo)

1. roof

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “levo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

levo

1. first-person singular present indicative of levar; "I take"

• lijȇvo (Ijekavian)

lȇvo (Cyrillic spelling ле̑во)

1. left (direction)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

levo (Cyrillic spelling лево)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of levi

• IPA^(key): /ˈlebo/ [ˈle.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ebo
• Syllabification: le‧vo

levo

1. first-person singular present indicative of levar