different between levites vs levis

Portuguese

Verb

levites

1. Second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of levitar
2. Second-person singular (tu) negative imperative of levitar

Spanish

Verb

levites

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of levitar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of levitar.

Esperanto

Verb

levis

1. past of levi

Ido

Verb

levis

1. past of levar

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *le??is (with possible contamination from *bre??is), from Proto-Indo-European *h?leng?wih?-, from *h?léng?us, from *h?leng??- (“lightweight”). Cognates include Sanskrit ??? (laghú), Ancient Greek ???????, ??????? (elaphrós, elakhús) and Old English l?oht (English light).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le.u?is/, [????u??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.vis/, [?l??vis]

Adjective

levis (neuter leve, comparative levior, superlative levissimus, adverb leviter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (literally) light, not heavy

   Antonym: gravis

2. (transferred sense)
   1. (usually poetic) easy to digest
   2. quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid

      Synonyms: agilis, alacer, pern?x

      Antonym: lentus

   3. (usually poetic) slight, trifling, small

3. (figuratively)
   1. (Classical Latin) light, trivial, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, slight, little, petty, easy, dispensable

   2. light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false
   3. (rare) mild, gentle, pleasant

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Italic *l?ju-, *l?iw-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *leh?y-u- (“smooth”) and cognate to Ancient Greek ????? (leîos, “smooth, plain, level, hairless, soft”), Ancient Greek ??? (lís, “smooth”). Or from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”) and cognate to Latin l?mus (“mud, slime, muck”), English slime, Ancient Greek ????? (límn?, “marsh”).

Likely cognate to Latin obl?v?scor (“forget”).

Alternative forms

• laevis (incorrect)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le?.u?is/, [???e?u??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.vis/, [?l??vis]

Adjective

l?vis (neuter l?ve); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (literally, Classical Latin) smooth, not rough, smoothed, shining, rubbed

   Antonym: asper

   1. (poetic) slippery

   2. (poetic) without hair, beardless

      Synonym: imberbis

   3. (poetic) youthful, delicate, beautiful; finely dressed, spruce, effeminate
2. (transferred sense, rare) rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft
3. (Classical Latin, rare) (of speech) smooth, flowing

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Derived terms

Related terms

• obl?v?scor

References

• levis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• levis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• levis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• levis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.