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|lshtext=<b>lēvĭtas</b>: (laev-), ātis, f. 2. lēvis,<br /><b>I</b> [[smoothness]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): speculorum, Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7: intestinorum, slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[speech]], [[smoothness]], [[fluency]], [[facility]]: [[Demosthenes]] [[nihil]] levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit, Cic. Or. 31, 110: verborum, Quint. 10, 1, 52: effeminata, id. 8, 3, 6.<br /><b>lĕvĭtas</b>: ātis, f. 1. [[levis]],<br /><b>I</b> lightness, as to [[weight]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]): plumarum, Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745: armorum, Caes. B. G. 5, 34: nulli fruticum [[levitas]] major, Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—*<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., [[poet]]., movableness, [[mobility]]: Termine, [[post]] illud [[levitas]] [[tibi]] libera non est: Qua [[positus]] fueris in statione, [[mane]], Ov. F. 2, 673.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Light-mindedness, [[changeableness]], [[fickleness]], [[inconstancy]], [[levity]] (freq. and [[class]].): [[quid]] est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius? Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9: [[temere]] assentientium, id. Ac. 2, 38, 120: in populari ratione, id. Brut. 27, 103: [[mobilitas]] et [[levitas]] animi, Caes. B. G. 2, 1: ut adversas res, sic secundas [[immoderate]] ferre, levitatis est, lightness of [[mind]], Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: amatoriis levitatibus dediti, frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62: manet in rebus [[temere]] congestis [[levitas]], Quint. 10, 3, 17: contemnamus [[igitur]] [[omnis]] ineptias—[[quod]] [[enim]] lenius huic levitati [[nomen]] inponam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., of [[speech]], [[shallowness]], superficialness ([[rare]]): opinionis, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45. | |lshtext=<b>lēvĭtas</b>: (laev-), ātis, f. 2. lēvis,<br /><b>I</b> [[smoothness]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): speculorum, Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7: intestinorum, slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[speech]], [[smoothness]], [[fluency]], [[facility]]: [[Demosthenes]] [[nihil]] levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit, Cic. Or. 31, 110: verborum, Quint. 10, 1, 52: effeminata, id. 8, 3, 6.<br /><b>lĕvĭtas</b>: ātis, f. 1. [[levis]],<br /><b>I</b> lightness, as to [[weight]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]): plumarum, Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745: armorum, Caes. B. G. 5, 34: nulli fruticum [[levitas]] major, Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—*<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., [[poet]]., movableness, [[mobility]]: Termine, [[post]] illud [[levitas]] [[tibi]] libera non est: Qua [[positus]] fueris in statione, [[mane]], Ov. F. 2, 673.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Light-mindedness, [[changeableness]], [[fickleness]], [[inconstancy]], [[levity]] (freq. and [[class]].): [[quid]] est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius? Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9: [[temere]] assentientium, id. Ac. 2, 38, 120: in populari ratione, id. Brut. 27, 103: [[mobilitas]] et [[levitas]] animi, Caes. B. G. 2, 1: ut adversas res, sic secundas [[immoderate]] ferre, levitatis est, lightness of [[mind]], Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: amatoriis levitatibus dediti, frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62: manet in rebus [[temere]] congestis [[levitas]], Quint. 10, 3, 17: contemnamus [[igitur]] [[omnis]] ineptias—[[quod]] [[enim]] lenius huic levitati [[nomen]] inponam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., of [[speech]], [[shallowness]], superficialness ([[rare]]): opinionis, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>lēvĭtās</b>¹⁴ <b>(læv-)</b>, ātis, f., le poli : Cic. Tim. 49 ; de Or. 3, 99 || intestinorum Cels. Med. 4, 16, lienterie, flux lientérique || [fig.] poli du style : Cic. Or. 110 ; Quint. 10, 1, 52.<br />(2) <b>lĕvĭtās</b>,⁹ ātis, f. (lĕvis),<br /><b>1</b> légèreté : Lucr. 3, 387 ; Cæs. G. 5, 34, 3 ; Plin. 13, 123 || mobilité : Ov. F. 3, 673<br /><b>2</b> légèreté, inconstance, frivolité : Cic. Phil. 7, 9 ; Off. 1, 90 ; Br. 103 ; Quint. 10, 3, 17 || faiblesse, futilité d’une opinion : Cic. Nat. 2, 45. | |||
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Revision as of 06:48, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lēvĭtas: (laev-), ātis, f. 2. lēvis,
I smoothness.
I Lit. (class.): speculorum, Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7: intestinorum, slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—
II Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility: Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit, Cic. Or. 31, 110: verborum, Quint. 10, 1, 52: effeminata, id. 8, 3, 6.
lĕvĭtas: ātis, f. 1. levis,
I lightness, as to weight.
I Lit. (rare): plumarum, Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745: armorum, Caes. B. G. 5, 34: nulli fruticum levitas major, Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—*
B Transf., poet., movableness, mobility: Termine, post illud levitas tibi libera non est: Qua positus fueris in statione, mane, Ov. F. 2, 673.—
II Trop.
A Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.): quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius? Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9: temere assentientium, id. Ac. 2, 38, 120: in populari ratione, id. Brut. 27, 103: mobilitas et levitas animi, Caes. B. G. 2, 1: ut adversas res, sic secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est, lightness of mind, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: amatoriis levitatibus dediti, frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62: manet in rebus temere congestis levitas, Quint. 10, 3, 17: contemnamus igitur omnis ineptias—quod enim lenius huic levitati nomen inponam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—
B In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare): opinionis, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) lēvĭtās¹⁴ (læv-), ātis, f., le poli : Cic. Tim. 49 ; de Or. 3, 99
