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levior

levior is a Latin form of levis, meaning “light, slight; smooth”. It is the nominative singular masculine comparative adjective.

Found 82 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In Catilinam 2.9: … est in ludo gladiatorio paulo ad facinus audacior qui se non intimum Catilinae esse fateatur, nemo in scaena levior et nequior qui se non eiusdem prope sodalem fuisse commemoret. atque idem tamen stuprorum et scelerum exercit …

Suetonius, Caligula 16.2: … liquid aut ignominiae inesset, eorum qui minore culpa tenerentur nominibus modo in recitatione praeteritis ut leuior labor iudicantibus foret, ad quattuor prioris quintam decuriam addidit. temptauit et comitiorum more reuocato …

Martial, Epigrammata 2.47.2: Levior o conchis, Galle, Cytheriacis.

All forms of levis (declension 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.