# levo
## English
### Alternative forms

* laevo

### Adjective

levo (not comparable)
* (chemistry) Clipping of levorotatory.
    Antonym: dextro

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Love, love, velo-, vole, voël

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛbo/ [ˈlɛ.β̞ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛbo
* Hyphenation: le‧vo

### Verb

levo
* first-person singular present indicative of levar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛ.vo/
* Rhymes: -ɛvo
* Hyphenation: lè‧vo

### Verb

levo
* first-person singular present indicative of levare

### Anagrams

* Elvo, velo, velò, vole

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From levis (“light, not heavy”) +‎ -ō.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈle.u̯oː/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈle.vo/, [ˈlɛːvo]

#### Verb

levō (present infinitive levāre, perfect active levāvī, supine levātum); first conjugation
* to raise, elevate, lift up
    Synonyms: ēlevō, allevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, sublīmō, efferō, surgō, ēdō
    Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō
* to make light, lighten
    Synonyms: levigō, alleviō
    Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō
* to relieve, ease, comfort
* to mitigate, alleviate, lessen
    Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mītigō, plācō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, restinguō, compōnō, commītigō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, molliō, coerceō
    Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō

##### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

##### Derived terms

* allevo
* ēlevo
* *levāmen
* levāmentum
* Levāna
* *levantō
* levātiō
* levātus
* *levitum
* prōlevo
* relevo
* sublevo

##### Related terms

* levigō
* levis
* levitās
* leviter

##### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: ljeau, ljau
** Romanian: lua, luare
* Dalmatian:
** levur
* Italo-Romance:
** Corsican: levà, livà
** Italian: levare
** Neapolitan: levare, lovare
** Sassarese: libà
** Sicilian: livari
* Padanian:
** Friulian: levâ, jevâ
** Ligurian: levâ
** Piedmontese: lëvé
** Venetan: łevar
* Northern Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: levâ
** Old French: lever
*** Champenois: luvè, luvier
*** French: lever
*** Lorrain: lvè
*** Norman: leuver
*** Picard: elver
*** Walloon: lèver
*** →⇒ English: levy, levee, levant, lever
* Southern Gallo-Romance:
** Occitan: levar
    Auvergnat: leibá
    Gascon: lhevar
** Old Catalan: levar
*** Catalan: llevar
* Ibero-Romance:
** Navarro-Aragonese: leuar, lleuar
*** Aragonese: llevar
** Old Leonese:
*** Asturian: llevar
*** Extremaduran: lleval
*** Mirandese: lhebar, libar
** Old Galician-Portuguese: levar
*** Fala: leval
*** Galician: levar
*** Portuguese: levar
** Old Spanish: levar
*** Spanish: llevar
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian:
    Campidanese: leài
    Logudorese: leare
    Nuorese: lebare

#### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lĕvāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 267

### Etymology 2

From lēvis (“smooth”) +‎ -ō.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈleː.u̯oː/, [ˈɫ̪eːu̯oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈle.vo/, [ˈlɛːvo]

#### Verb

lēvō (present infinitive lēvāre, perfect active lēvāvī, supine lēvātum); first conjugation
* to make smooth, polish
    Synonyms: allēvō, lēvigō

##### Derived terms

* lēvātus

##### Related terms

* lēvigātiō
* lēvigātus
* lēvigō
* lēvitās
* lēvor

### See also

* laevus

### Further reading

* “levo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “levo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* levo 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: aliquem aegritudine levare the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit (ambiguous) men of sound opinions: homines graves (opp. leves)
* “levo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lëvo.

### Noun

levo (genitive levon, partitive levuo)
* roof

### References

* Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “levo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɛ.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɛ.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɛ.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɛ.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɛ.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɛ.bu/ [ˈlɛ.βu]

### Verb

levo
* first-person singular present indicative of levar; "I take"

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* lijȇvo (Ijekavian)

#### Adverb

lȇvo (Cyrillic spelling ле̑во)
* left (direction)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

levo
* neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of levi

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlebo/ [ˈle.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -ebo
* Syllabification: le‧vo

### Verb

levo
* first-person singular present indicative of levar