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levare

levare is a Latin form of levo, meaning “lift, raise; lighten, relieve; (levis) light”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 58 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.136: … re nullo modo possent. instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores. tum iste homo innocens, qui illam suspicionem levare atque ab sese removere cuperet, recuperatores dicit se de cohorte sua daturum.

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 94: … nebant, laqueis vinciebat, quibus alleuati milites facilius escenderent, interdum timidos insolentia itineris leuare manu; ubi paulo asperior ascensus erat, singulos prae se inermos mittere, deinde ipse cum illorum armis sequi …

All forms of levo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.