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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=levigo levigare, levigavi, levigatus V TRANS :: smooth, make smooth, smooth out, remove roughnss; pulverize; make small (L+S)<br />levigo levigo levigare, levigavi, levigatus V TRANS :: lighten; relieve
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lĕvĭgo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. [[levis]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[make]] [[light]], [[lighten]]: gravia, Cassiod. de Amic. prol. § 33: [[pondus]] sollicitudinis, Gregor. Ep. 7, 76: omni sarcinā, App. M. 4, p. 142, 23.<br /><b>lēvĭgo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 2. lēvis,<br /><b>I</b> to [[make]] [[smooth]], to [[smooth]] (not in Cic.; syn. [[polio]], [[dolo]], [[limo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: omnes parietes tectorio levigantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3: aliquid opere tectorio, Col. 9, 7, 1; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101: ad levigandam cutem, id. 20, 3, 10, § 20: alvum, to [[make]] [[slippery]], Gell. 4, 11, 4: [[scabritia]] levigatur dente conchāve, Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[make]] [[small]], [[bruise]] [[small]], pulverize, levigate: quae [[diligenter]] contrita levigantur, Col. 12, 41 fin.: semina, id. 6, 17, 3: [[galla]] cum austero vino levigata, id. 7, 5, 12; 9, 13, 5.— Hence, lēvĭgātus, a, um, P. a., [[smooth]], [[slippery]] (post-class. and [[rare]]): [[oleum]] levigatius et spissius est, Macr. S. 1, 12 med.>
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>lēvĭgō</b> <b>(læv-)</b>, āvī, ātum, āre (lēvis),<br /><b>1</b> rendre lisse, rendre [[uni]], polir : [[Varro]] R. 3, 11, 3 ; Plin. 17, 101 ; cutem Plin. 20, 20, adoucir la peau ; alvum Gell. 4, 11, 4, lâcher le ventre<br /><b>2</b> réduire en poudre, pulvériser : Col. Rust. 12, 41, etc.<br />(2) <b>lĕvĭgō</b>, āvī, ātum, āre (lĕvis), tr., alléger : Petr. Bles. De am. christ. 1, 3 ; S. Greg. Ep. 7, 76 ; Apul. M. 4, 1.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) lēvigo<sup>1</sup> (laevigo), āvī, ātum, āre (lēvis u. [[ago]]), I) [[glatt]] [[machen]], [[glätten]], levigatur dente [[scabritia]] (chartae), Plin.: parietem tectorio, [[abputzen]], [[Varro]]: u. so opere tectorio, Colum.: lev. ac dealbare parietes, Pallad.: lev. alvum, [[schlüpfrig]] [[machen]], Gell. – II) übtr.: a) [[glätten]], vetustatis horrorem, Diom. 435, 26. – b) [[klein]] [[machen]], zu [[Pulver]] [[reiben]], semina, Colum.: [[omnia]] [[eadem]] in unum levigata, Colum.<br />'''(2)''' [[levigo]]<sup>2</sup>, (āvī), ātum, āre ([[levis]] u. [[ago]]), [[leicht]] [[machen]], [[erleichtern]], ipsum [[pondus]] sollicitudinis, Gregor. epist. 7, 76. ind. 2: omnibus [[iugum]] Christi, Hilar. Arelat. in vit. S. Honorati c. 18: gravia, Cassiod. de amic. prol. § 33; vgl. Acro Hor. carm. 1, 24, 19: febres levigari, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 3, 18, 182; vgl. 2, 37, 204: m. Abl., omni sarcinā levigati, Apul. [[met]]. 4, 1.
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