levius

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

Found 108 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.28.3: … e frumentaria non premi; interea et ex proximis hibernis et a Caesare conventura subsidia: postremo quid esse levius aut turpius, quam auctore hoste de summis rebus capere consilium?

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 94: … acilius foret; super terga gladii et scuta, verum ea Numidica ex coriis, ponderis gratia simul et offensa quo leuius streperent. Igitur praegrediens Ligus saxa et si quae uetustate radices eminebant, laqueis vinciebat, quibus …

Seneca the Younger, Troades 515: Levius solet timere, qui propius timet;

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.