levis

sit tibi terra levis
may the earth be light on you levi causa atrox caedes orta est
a savage slaughter arose over a trifling cause levia pocula
smooth cups

levis , e: (adj.), of little weight, light, 2.682, et al.; thin, slender, 10.817; delicate, tender, 12.207; light-armed, 11.868; fleeting, fleet, swift, flying, 1.147; flitting, airy, 10.663; sudden, 12.489; insignificant, small, 7.232; mean, 12.764.

lēvis, e: (adj.), smooth; slippery, 5.328; polished, 5.91.

lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. ἐλαχύς], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).

• I Lit.: leviora corpora (opp. graviora), Lucr. 2, 227: aether, id. 5, 459: aura, id. 3, 196: levior quam pluma, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23 (488): stipulae, Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor: levis armaturae Numidae, the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.: sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio, Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so, miles, a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf. of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves, Tac. G. 6: flebis in solo levis angiportu, Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead: terraque securae sit super ossa levis, Tib. 2, 4, 50; esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos, the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14: virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam, Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.—Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—
• • B Transf.
  • • 1 Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.): quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula, lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18: leves malvae, Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.: gravi Malvae salubres corpori, id. Epod. 2, 57).—
    • 2 Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.: agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo), a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.: leves venti, Ov. M. 15, 346: flatus, Sil. 15, 162: currus, light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150: levi deducens pollice filum, light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so, pollex, id. ib. 6, 22: saltus, id. ib. 7, 767; 3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores, Nep. Iphicr. 1: Messapus levis cursu, Verg. A. 12, 489: leves Parthi, id. G. 4, 314: equus, Val. Fl. 1, 389: Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori, Hor. C. 1, 1, 31: quaere modos leviore plectro, nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40: et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā, Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. (poet.): omnes ire leves, Sil. 16, 488: exsultare levis, id. 10, 605: levior discurrere, id. 4, 549: nullo levis terrore moveri, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514: hora, fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181: terra, light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92: et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; so (opp graviora), id. ib.—
    • 3 Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488: tactus, a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180: strepitus, id. ib. 7, 840: stridor, id. ib. 4, 413.
• II Trop.
• • A Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.): nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58 (684): grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45: leve et infirmum, id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt; ad motum animi ... leviora, id. Deiot. 2, 5: quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras, id. Planc. 26, 63: auditio, a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42: cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper, something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15: dolor, id. Fin. 1, 12, 40: proelium, Caes. B. G. 7, 36: periculum, id. B. C. 3, 26: in aliquem merita, id. ib. 2, 32, 10: leviore de causa, id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.: praecordia levibus flagrantia causis, Juv. 13, 182: effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus, Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.: in levi habitum, was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54: levia sed nimium queror, Sen. Herc. Fur. 63: quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus, no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240: quidquid levius putaris, easier, id. 10, 344.—
  • • • • β With gen. (poet.): opum levior, Sil. 2, 102.—
  • B In disposition or character.
  • • 1 Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false: homo levior quam pluma, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23 (488): ne me leviorem erga te putes, id. Trin. 5, 2, 34 (1158): tu levior cortice, Hor. C. 3, 9, 22: vitium levium hominum atque fallacium, Cic. Lael. 25, 91: quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves, id. ib. 17, 63: leves ac nummarii judices, id. Clu. 28, 75: sit precor illa levis, Tib. 1, 6, 56: levi brachio aliquid agere, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6: quid levius aut turpius, Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.: auctor, Liv. 5, 15: leves amicitiae, Cic. Lael. 26, 100: spes, vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8: leviores mores, Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—
    • 2 Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare): quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant, Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and: levior reprehensio, id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 32, 102: tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est, the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.: nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28: exsilium, mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.
    • 1 Lit. (rare): armati, light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon: levius casura pila sperabat, Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—
    • 2 Trop.
    • • a Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat: leviter densae nubes, Lucr. 6, 248: inflexum bacillum, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30: genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter), id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc., id. Off. 1, 24, 83: saucius, id. Inv. 2, 51, 154: non leviter lucra liguriens, id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177: agnoscere aliquid, id. Fin. 2, 11, 33: eruditus, id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.—Comp.: quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser, so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18: dolere, Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.—Sup.: ut levissime dicam, to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin.—
      • b Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity: id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.: sed levissime feram, si, etc., id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.—Comp.: levius torquetis Arachne, more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.

lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. λεῖος, λευρός], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).

• I Lit.
• • A In gen.: corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66: in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi, id. Part. Or. 10, 36: Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem, id. Univ. 6: pocula, smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91: pharetrae, id. ib. 5, 558: brassica, Cato R. R. 15, 7: levissima corpora, Lucr. 4, 659: coma pectine levis, Ov. M. 12, 409: nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae, Hor. C. 2, 20, 11: levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis, Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.—Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, Verg. A. 5, 328: levis Juventas ( = imberbis), smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so, ora, Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31: crura, Juv. 8, 115: sponsus, id. 3, 111: caput, id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful: pectus, Verg. A. 11, 40: frons, id. E. 6, 51: umeri, id. A. 7, 815: colla, Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate: vir, Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.: externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so, per leve, Pers. 1, 64: per levia, Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—
  • B Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—
• II Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.): oratio (opp. aspera), Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so, levis verborum concursus (opp. asper), id. de Or. 3, 43, 171: levis et aspera (vox), Quint. 11, 3, 15: levis et quadrata compositio, id. 2, 5, 9: levia ac nitida, id. 5, 12, 18: (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur, id. 9, 4, 116.—Adv. does not occur.

1. lēvis (laevis), e (verwandt mit λεῖος), glatt (Ggstz. asper), I) eig.: 1) im allg.: locus, Cic.: corpuscula, Cic.: folia (Ggstz. scabra), Plin.: levissima corpora, Lucr. – 2) insbes., poet. a) glatt = blank, pocula, Verg. Aen. 5, 91. – b) glatt = unbehaart, ohne Bart, iuventas, Hor.: crura, Iuven.: senex, glatzköpfig, Ov.: Apollo tot aetatibus levis (bartlos), Ggstz. Aesculapius bene barbatus, Min. Fel. 22, 5: dah. glatt = jugendlich, zart, schön, pectus, jugendlich, Verg.: umeri, Verg. – u. glatt = geputzt, galant, cum sit vir levior ipsā, Ov. – c) glatt, schlüpfrig, sanguis, Verg. Aen. 5, 328. – II) übtr.: a) wohl zerrieben, -zerweicht, leve et mali odoris, Cels.: haec terere donec levia, Scrib. Larg. – b) glatt, abgeschliffen, gut fließend, vox, Quint.: v. den Worten einer Rede, concursus verborum quodammodo coagmentatus et levis (Ggstz. asper et hiulcus), Cic.: oratio, Cic.

2. levis, e (aus *leghuis, vgl. griech. ἐλαχύς, ahd. līhti), leicht (Ggstz. gravis), I) eig.: 1) leicht dem Gewichte nach, pondus, Ov.: piper levissimum, Plin. – levis armatura, leichte Rüstung, Caes., u. konkr. = leicht bewaffnete Soldaten, Cic.: so leves armis, Liv.: poet. mit folg. Infin., im Bilde, fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, als eine leichtere Last aufzuheben (= leichter zu vernichten), Hor. carm. 2, 4, 11. – 2) leicht der Bewegung nach = schnell, behend, geschwind, flüchtig, cursus, Phaedr.: saltus, Ov. – cervus, Verg.: Parthi, Verg.: Messapus cursu levis, Verg.: domo levis exsilit, Hor. – flamen, Catull.: ventus, Ov.: pollex, Ov.: hora, flüchtige, Ov. – m. folg. Infin., instat Hiber levis et levior discurrere Maurus, Sil. 4, 549: exsultare levis, Sil. 10, 604: nullo levis terrore moveri, Claud. IV. cons. Hon. 514: omnes ire leves, Sil. 16, 487. – 3) leicht dem phys. Gehalte nach, terra, leichte, magere Erde, Varro u. Plin.: u. so facilis ac levis humus, Curt.: stipulae, Ov. – poet., populi, die leichten körperlosen V. = Schatten (der Unterwelt), Ov. met. 10, 14. – 4) leicht der phys. Wirkung nach = nicht drückend, sanft, gelinde, leise, terra sit super ossa levis, Tibull.: sit tibi terra levis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 7579 (Ggstz. sit tibi terra gravis, ibid. lin. 13): levis aura, Sil.: somnus, Hor.: vinum, nicht starker, Suet.: u. so cibus, Cels.: malvae, Hor.: levior piscis, Cels.: exulcerata et aegra corpora, quae ad tactus levissimos gemunt, Sen. de ira 1, 20, 3. – 5) leicht der phys. Beschaffenheit nach = erträglich (Ggstz. gravis), terra, loca, Varro. – II) übtr.: 1) leicht dem Werte, der Bedeutung nach = unerheblich, unbedeutend, geringfügig, gering, a) übh.: dolor, Cic.: ictus levis, Cic.: praesidium, Liv.: periculum levius, Caes.: genus scripturae, Nep.: labor, Ter.: proelium, Caes.: auditio, ein unverbürgtes Gerücht, Caes. – subst., in levi habere, für gering ansehen, leicht nehmen, Tac. ann. 3, 54; hist. 2, 21: levia sed nimium queror, Sen. Herc. fur. 63: quid leviora loquor? Petron. poët. 134, 12. v. 8. – poet. m. Genet., opum levior, Sil. 2, 102 (vgl. den Ggstz. largus opum b. Verg. Aen. 11, 338). – b) von Gedichten leichterer Art, Liebes- u. Scherzgedichten, Fabeln usw., Musa, Ov.: carmina, Tac.: levi calamo ludere, Phaedr. – c) unbedeutend = kein Gewicht od. Ansehen habend, nicht viel geltend, geringfügig, unzulänglich, unhaltbar, levis causa belli, Liv.: causa levior, Caes.: auctor, Liv.: pecunia levissima, Cic.: leve ac facile credat, Quint.: levia conquirere, Cic. – v. Pers., levis pauper, kreditloser, Hor. de art. poët. 123: numquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem, niemals wiegt jemandes Ansehen außen schwer, wenn es im Hause leicht ist, Plaut. trin. 684: leviorem futurum apud patres reum, würde weniger gelten, Liv. 4, 44, 7. – 2) leicht der moral. Wirkung nach = nicht drückend, sanft, mild, gelinde, reprehensio levior, Cic.: exsilium, erträglich, Suet.: alqm leviore nomine (Bezeichnung) appellare, Cic.: v. Pers., mit Dat., Sithoniis non levis Euhius, nicht mild gesinnt gegen die S., erbittert auf die S., Hor. carm. 1, 18, 9. – 3) leicht der Gesinnung, den Grundsätzen nach, a) leicht, leichtsinnig, wankelmütig, unbeständig, haltlos (Ggstz. gravis, würdevoll, ernst, fest), homo, Cic.: Graeci, Cic.: iudices, Cic.: amicitia, Cic.: sententia, Ter.: ne te leviorem (lauer, gleichgültiger) erga me putes, Plaut. trin. 1171. – b) eitel, lügenhaft, unwahr, sit precor illa levis, Tibull. 1, 6, 56: leves atque inanes soni (Wortgepränge), Petron. 2, 1.

1 lĕvis [CL] V. et. levipendere. 1 light in weight. b underweight, not fully grown. c (of bread) light (because leavened or raised). d (of coin) containing less than the standard weight. ~em materiam attrahit Gosc. Aug. Maj. 52A (v. gagates 1a); ~is et imponderosus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 224; multacium, quedam ~is vestis Ib. 365; non honerosa lĕvis res est, non aspera lēvis Serlo Wilt. II 59; eadem ratione videtur quod non sit ~e quia non est aucta levitas post consecrationem Fishacre Quaest. 51.  b avena ‥ que ~is ante fuit Gir. Symb. II 35 (v. grossescere 1a); ~is haye Doc. Bec 67 (v. 1 haia 1a).  c in albo pane empto ultra ~em panem datum per homines ville iij s. vj d. Househ. Ac. 253.  d 1467 decem libras in ~iori moneta ad gagias verletorum in Methven ExchScot 587. 2 lacking in density. potus ‥ natura ~ior Quaest. Salern. P 20 (v. ferire 3a); aer ‥ subtilis, levis Neckam DS IV 20 (v. diaphania); nix est gutta levis Ib. 189 (v. gelu a); levis nubecula Walt. Wimb. Carm. 96 (v. exiguus 4). 3 light, nimble, fleet: a (of person, animal); b (of action or movement). a ex his vero tribus suggestio est velut canis ponderosus, delectatio ut ~is et acer catulus, consensus autem quasi canis fortis et immensus. ‥ catulus ‥ ~is et acer et instat acriter et, ni cito repercussus fuerit, acrius mordet Simil. Anselmi 40; gens hec ~is et agilis, gens aspera magis quam robusta Gir. DK I 8.  b ex qua ~i titillatione delectatio sequitur, quod satis apparet in motu sonitus qui est in psalterio Quaest. Salern. B 161. 4 (mil.) lightly constructed: a (of armour); b (of fortifications or defences). a a ~is armature hominibus W. Malm. HN 463 (v. genus 7); velites ‥ milites, sc. ~is armaturae Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 615; armis utuntur ~ibus, agilitatem non impedientibus Gir. DK I 8; lineis et ~ibus armaturis cooperti M. Par. Maj. 550.  b 1261 bretachiam ~em (v. bretescha a); 1261 bene volumus quod aliquem ~em firmaturam que valere possit ad defensionem ville fieri faciatis Cl 502. 5 having little force. favonius ‥ i. ~is ventus et instabilis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 224. 6 (of sleep) light, gentle. cum ‥ ~is mihi somnus obrepsisset Bede HE V 9 p. 297. 7 easy to perform or accomplish, requiring little exertion; b (w. ad & gdv.). c (de ~i) easily (cf. OF de legier). ~iori cursu Alcuin Ep. 43 (v. facilis 2c); erat ‥ locus qui dicitur Eoveshamm ‥; quem ego ~i petitione a rege Æthelredo Dei amico adquisivi Byrht. V. Ecgwini 363; s1136 hi omnes gratanter principi assenserant, quem ~i negotio ad sua commoda inflectere possent W. Malm. HN 463; ~i conamine erectus resedit in feretro G. Mon. VIII 23; esy, ‥ ~is et suavis CathA (v. ediosus).  b 12‥ item, quod palea deputata ad fimum amoveatur a curia dum ~is fuerit ad cariandum Cart. Glouc. III 219; perpendens morbum predictum parvum et ad sanandum ~em Reg. Brev. Orig. 112.  c 1217 cum terre nostre tranquillitas adhuc tenera sit, et de ~i ‥ possit perturbari Pat 116; quod ‥ de ~i in putridam posse converti Gilb. I 4. 1; consuetudo est Romanis de ~i causas adinvenire M. Par. Maj. III 23; de ~i potest sciri et per cetera signa apprehendi an in rege sapiencia vel insipiencia dominetur Bacon V 47; 1325 in responsionibus meis ‥ de ~i possim ‥ decipi, et oblivisci Lit. Cant. I 153; s1461 de ~i curabiles (v. 8b infra). 8 easy to bear, mild, gentle, not severe: a (of illness or wound); b (of medicine or cure); c (of moral rebuke or corrective penance). a ~iori infirmitate Asser Alf. 74; ~is quaedam febris subito irruens Anselm (Ep. 142) III 288; quod quedam [? l. quidam] vulnera ~iora inferentes et minus periculosis locis semper interficiant Quaest. Salern. B 56; potest fieri vomitus ~is Gad. 5. 1 (v. 1 ebulus).  b potest fieri ~issima medicina Gad. 4v. 2 (v. dens 3c); s1461 quos de levi curabiles conspexit, in ipsos ~i utebatur medicamine Reg. Whet. I 411.  c ~ior erit penitentia Theod. Pen. I 4 (v. dimidius 2); sanctus ‥ alitem ~i sermone conprimebat Felix Guthl. 40; 796 ~ioribus ‥ verborum fomentis (v. fomentum 1b). 9 (of price or value) low. cum †favonibus ‥ ~is pretii Lib. Eli. III 50 (v. fano); codicem precio ~issimo comparandum Vac. Lib. paup. 1; 1279 ut ipsi custumarii ‥ locarent eidem preposito ~i precio terras eorum Rec. Elton 6; quod michi ematis x virgas blanketi scientes quod nullo anni tempore existit pannus †lenioris [l. levioris] precii FormOx 315; 1448 artifices ‥ ~iori precio quo poterint conducant StatOx 270. 10 slight, insignificant. b (of crime or sin) minor, venial. omissis domesticis ~ioribusque, si tamen aliqua sint ~ia Gildas EB 33; ~iore discretu Lib. Monstr. I pref. (v. 2 discretus); non ~is mutatio Adel. QN 13 (v. definitio 2a); eodem anno ‥ Frisones, homines rudes et incultos ac indomitos, ~i nacta occasione, cepit hostiliter impugnare M. Par. Maj. V 550; ~is materia R. Bury Phil. prol. (v. 11a infra); ~issime deperditionis Amund. I 256 (v. deperditio).  b ~iores erratus Bede Mark 184 (v. erratus); si culpa ~is est Lanfr. Const. 159 (v. culpa 1b); ~e peccatum Anselm (Ep. 321) V 251; ~i mendacio salvare vitam fratris Wycl. Ver. II 22; 1311 pro ~i transgressione MunCOx 21. 11 intended for amusement, light. b lighthearted, lacking seriousness, frivolous. pono igitur primo ea que necessaria sunt pro ~i lectura et scriptura Bacon Gram. Gk. 4; tractatum parvulinum edidimus stilo quidem ~issimo modernorum; est enim ridiculosum rhetoricis quando levis materia grandi describitur stilo R. Bury Phil. prol..  b quidam presbyter Anseredus nomine ‥ vitam ~em pluribus modis ducebat Ord. Vit. III 2 p. 43; hilarior factus est et ~ior G. Mon. XII 4; sit ~is sed levitati non consentanea J. Ford Serm. 47. 6; habitum religionis, sed ~em, susceperunt M. Par. Maj. IV 278. 12 capricious, unstable. GlH F 758 (v. frivolus 3c); velut ~is juvenis vagatur per domos et ludit alea Anselm (Ep. 195) IV 85; Afros versipelles, Graecos ~es, Gallos pigrioris videmus ingenii, quod et natura climatum quadam ex parte facit Alb. Lond. DG 6. 10; [honor mundi] est inanis et exilis, / brevis, levis, vanus, vilis, / mendax ac sophisticus Walt. Wimb. Van. 3; inicium et radix totius mali fuit ~is aspectus [ME: aliht sihðe] AncrR 12; rex non debet esse ~is in gestu Plusc. VII 20.

2 lēvis [CL] 1 free from irregularities of surface, smooth. b (fig.) smooth, calm. R. Cant. Malch. II 150 (v. discus 1); in aquarum levi superficie ‥ repercussiones fiunt Adel. QN 29; non aspera levis Serlo Wilt. II 59 (v. 1 levis 1a); plena, tenella, teres surarum pagina leves / pumicis attritus refugit Hanv. II 49; est aqua ‥ levis / tangenti, dulcis gustanti H. Avr. Poems 36. 16.  b tu precellis aquam, nam levi levior es tu H. Avr. Poems 36. 18; murmure levis / est aqua, tu mente Ib. 20. 2 (of the body) free from coarse hair, smooth. Jacob ‥ et Esau ‥ cum unus esset ~is et alter pilosus Gros. Hexaem. V 9. 2. 3 avoiding harsh sounds, smooth. b (of stop) voiceless. per differencias vocis, que sunt asperum, ~e ‥ Ps.-Gros. Gram. 70 (v. fortiter 1).  b nos, quia humanus spiritus tres earum sine aspiratione ~es cum aspiratione asperas facit, id est C, P, T, quarum medium optinent tres relique [sc. G, B, D], ipsarum mediarum voces in dictionibus positarum exprimimus sono ~ium, dum in finibus partium sunt Abbo QG 9 (21); item harum ‥ novem mutarum, tres sunt ~es, sc. π, κ, τ Bacon Gram. Gk. 7.

1 lēvis (10) (lævis), e (cf. λεῖος), ¶ 1 lisse, uni : corpuscula levia, aspera Cic. Nat. 1, 66, des corpuscules (atomes) lisses, rugueux || levia pocula Virg. En. 5, 91, coupes polies, brillantes || [poét.] sans poil, sans barbe : levis juventas Hor. O. 2, 11, 6, jeunesse imberbe, cf. Juv. 8, 115, etc. ; [dʼoù] blanc, tendre, délicat : leve pectus Virg. En. 11, 40, blanche poitrine, cf. Virg. En. 7, 815 || glissant, qui fait glisser : Virg. En. 5, 328 ¶ 2 [rare] bien pilé : Cels. Med. 2, 8 ¶ 3 [rhét.] lisse, bien uni, où il nʼy a rien de rugueux : oratio levis Cic. Or. 20, style qui coule bien ; levis verborum concursus Cic. de Or. 3, 171, mots se rencontrant sans heurt, dont lʼassemblage forme comme une surface lisse || -ior Ov. Ars 3, 437 ; -issimus Lucr. 4, 659.

2 lĕvis, (6) e.

I [pr.], ¶ 1 léger, peu pesant, Lucr. 2, 227 ; 3, 196 ; 5, 459 ; levis armaturæ pedites Cæs. G. 7, 65, 4, fantassins à armure légère, armés à la légère ; levis armatura Cic. Phil. 10, 14, troupes légères || terra sit super ossa levis Tib. 2, 4, 50, que la terre soit légère à tes os ; levius onus Cic. de Or. 1, 135, fardeau assez léger ¶ 2 léger à la course, rapide, agile : ad motus levior Nep. Iph. 1, 3, plus léger pour se mouvoir, cf. Virg. En. 12, 489, etc. ; leves venti Ov. M. 15, 346, les vents légers || levior discurrere Sil. 4, 549, plus prompt à courir çà et là, cf. Sil. 10, 605 ; 16, 488 ¶ 3 [nuances diverses] terra levis Virg. G. 2, 92, terre légère, qui nʼest pas grasse || levis cibus Cels. Med. 1, 18, aliment léger, facile à digérer, cf. Hor. O. 1, 31, 16 || levis tactus Sen. Ira 1, 20, 3, attouchement léger || loca leviora Varro R. 1, 6, 3, régions où lʼair est plus léger, plus vif.

II [fig.], ¶ 1 léger, de peu dʼimportance : levis auditio Cæs. G. 7, 42, 2, un ouï-dire en lʼair, un bruit sans consistance ; leve prœlium Cæs. G. 7, 36, 1, escarmouche ; leviore de causa Cæs. G. 7, 4, 10, pour une cause moins importante ; levis dolor Cic. Fin. 1, 40, douleur légère ; ei pecunia levissima est Cic. Com. 15, pour lui lʼargent nʼa pas la moindre importance ; levia quædam Cic. Planc. 63, des bagatelles || in levi habere Tac. Ann. 3, 54 ; H. 2, 21, faire peu de cas de ¶ 2 léger, doux : aliquem leviore nomine appellare Cic. Amer. 93, prendre un terme plus doux pour désigner qqn ; levior reprehensio Cic. Ac. 2, 102, reproche assez léger ; leve exsilium Suet. Aug. 51, léger exil ; his mihi rebus levis est senectus Cic. CM 85, voilà pourquoi je trouve la vieillesse légère ¶ 3 [moral^t ] léger, inconsistant : homo levior quam pluma Pl. Men. 488, homme plus léger que la plume, cf. Cic. Læl. 91 ; Fin. 3, 38, etc. ; leves amicitiæ Cic. Læl. 100, amitiés peu sérieuses.

levis , e. adj. c. s.
輕飄。淺者。伶便。改變者。— numerus 不多。— auctor 淺信之書。Levis armaturae milites 快兵。Levia haec sunt 此等係小事。Habere in levi 看輕。Levi brachio agere 作虛浮工。

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levis vel laevis, e. c. adj.
刨平者。嬌嫩。無毛者。— juventus 無鬚幼年人。Frons levis 光額。Vir foemina levior 比于女嬌嫩之人。

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levis (1) e, adj.with comp.and sup.

• 2 LEG-. —Of weight, light, not heavy: terra, light soil, V.: levis armaturae Numidae, light-armed, Cs.: miles, L.: nudi, aut sagulo leves, lightly clad, Ta.: Per levīs populos, shades, O.: virgāque levem coerces Aureā turbam, H.—Of digestion, light, easy to digest: malvae, H.—Of motion, light, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid: venti, O.: pollex, O.: ad motūs leviores, N.: Messapus cursu, V.: Quaere modos leviore plectro, gayer, H.: hora, fleeting, O.—Slight, trifling, small: Ignis, O.: tactus, gentle, O.: querellae, O.—Fig., without weight, of no consequence, light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty: labores, T.: haec leviora fortasse: verba: auditio, unfounded report, Cs.: cui res et pecunia levissima fuit, insignificant: proelium, skirmish, Cs.: leviore de causā, Cs.: praecordia levibus flagrantia causis, Iu.: versūs, H.: Flebis levis, neglected, H.: rati, leviorem futurum apud patres reum, L.—Easy, light: non est leve Observare, no easy matter, Iu.: quidquid levius putaris, easier, Iu.: leviora tolli Pergama, H.—Of character, light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, untrustworthy, false: mulieres sunt levi sententiā, T.: homo: tu levior cortice, H.: iudices: quid levius aut turpius, Cs.: auctor, L.: spes, empty, H.—Light, not severe, mild, gentle, pleasant: alquos leviore nomine appellare: audire leviora, milder reproaches, H.: eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est, mildest, L.: Sithoniis non levis Euhius, i. e. hostile, H.

lēvis (2) e, adj.,

• smooth, smoothed, not rough: corpuscula: pocula, V.: amite levi tendit retia, H.: coma pectine levis, O.: Levior adsiduo detritis aequore conchis, O.: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed, Iu.: argentum, not chased, Iu.: levi cum sanguine Labitur, slippery, V.—As substn.: Externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, smoothness, H.—Without hair, smooth, beardless: Iuventas, H.: Crura, Iu.: caput, Iu.—Youthful, delicate, tender: pectus, V.: colla, O.—Fig., of speech, smooth, flowing: oratio: verborum concursus.— As substn.: sectans levia, polish, H.