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elevo

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See also: elevó and elevò

Catalan

Verb

elevo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of elevar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈlɛ.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvo
  • Hyphenation: e‧lè‧vo

Verb

elevo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of elevare

Anagrams

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from French élève.

Noun

elevo m (plural elevos, feminine eleva)

  1. (male) student, pupil

Latin

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Etymology

From ex- + levō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ēlevō (present infinitive ēlevāre, perfect active ēlevāvī, supine ēlevātum); first conjugation

  1. to raise or elevate
    Synonyms: levō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, efferō, allevō, ēvehō, ēdō, sublīmō
    Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō
  2. to alleviate or sooth
    Synonyms: lēniō, mītigō, plācō, restinguō, commītigō, levō, allevō, alleviō
    Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō
    aegritūdinem ēlevāreto alleviate one's sorrows
  3. to weaken, lessen
    perspicivitātem ēlevāreto lessen the evidence
  4. to belittle, depreciate, denigrate
    Antonym: extollō
    • 55 BCE, Cicero, De Oratore 2.58:
      Est autem, ut ad illud tertium veniam, est plane oratoris movere risum; vel quod ipsa hilaritas benevolentiam conciliat ei, per quem excitata est; [] vel quod frangit adversarium, quod impedit, quod elevat, quod deterret, quod refutat; []
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    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 9.37:
      Paucis milites adloquitur; Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos; nec hostem hosti nec multitudinem multitudini comparandam ait; esse praeterea telum aliud occultum; scituros in tempore; interea taceri opus esse.
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    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 28.42.6:
      Facile est [] elevare meas res gestas, tam hercule quam, si uictor ex Africa redierim, ea ipsa elevare quae nunc retinendi mei causa ut terribilia eadem videantur verbis extolluntur.
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Conjugation

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Descendants

References

  • elevo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • elevo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elevo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to comfort another in his trouble: aegritudinem alicuius elevare
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Portuguese

Verb

elevo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of elevar

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

elevo f

  1. vocative singular of elevă

Spanish

Verb

elevo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of elevar

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