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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
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|lshtext=<b>ē-lĕvo</b>: no<br /><b>I</b> perf., ātum, 1, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., to [[lift]] up, [[raise]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): contabulationem, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5 and 7: lumbos in [[altum]], App. M. 4, p. 143: arcam, Vulg. Gen. 7, 17.—Poet.: elevat hunc [[pluma]], i. e. turns [[into]] a [[bird]], Claud. Eutr. 1, 295: [[aura]] [[preces]], i. e. [[carry]] [[away]], [[disperse]], = auferat, dissipet, Prop. 1, 8, 12: fructum, to [[gather]] in, Col. 3, 21, 5: [[statura]] elevata, i. e. [[tall]], Capit. Ant. Phil. 13.—More freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> To [[lighten]], [[alleviate]]: aegritudinem ([[with]] obtundere), Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34; cf. sollicitudines (opp. duplicare), Luccei. in Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.—Esp. freq.,<br /> <b>B</b> (In [[allusion]] to the [[rising]] of the lighter [[scale]].) To [[make]] [[light]] of, to [[lessen]], [[diminish]], [[impair]], [[weaken]]; to [[disparage]], detract from: causas suspicionum offensionumque tum evitare, tum elevare, tum ferre, Cic. Lael. 24; so, objectum ab adversario, id. de Or. 2, 56 fin.; cf. id. Inv. 1, 42; Quint. 6, 3, 75 sq.; 11, 3, 176: perspicuitatem, Cic. N. D. 3, 4: auctoritatem, Liv. 3, 21; 37, 57 fin.: res gestas (opp. verbis extollere), id. 28, 43; cf. ib. 44 fin.: noxam multitudinis, id. 45, 10: non si [[quid]] turbida [[Roma]] Elevet, Pers. 1, 6 et saep.—With [[personal]] objects: est [[plane]] oratoris movere risum, [[quod]] frangit adversarium, [[quod]] impedit, [[quod]] elevat, [[quod]] deterret, [[quod]] refutat, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.: elevabatur [[index]] indiciumque, Liv. 26, 27: Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos, id. 9, 37: assiduos viros ([[copia]]), Prop. 2, 33, 44 (3, 31, 44 M.); cf. id. 2, 34, 58 (3, 32, 58 M.).—<br /> <b>C</b> Of the [[voice]], to [[lift]] up, [[raise]] ([[late]] Lat.): vocem, Vulg. Judic. 2, 4 al. | |lshtext=<b>ē-lĕvo</b>: no<br /><b>I</b> perf., ātum, 1, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., to [[lift]] up, [[raise]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): contabulationem, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5 and 7: lumbos in [[altum]], App. M. 4, p. 143: arcam, Vulg. Gen. 7, 17.—Poet.: elevat hunc [[pluma]], i. e. turns [[into]] a [[bird]], Claud. Eutr. 1, 295: [[aura]] [[preces]], i. e. [[carry]] [[away]], [[disperse]], = auferat, dissipet, Prop. 1, 8, 12: fructum, to [[gather]] in, Col. 3, 21, 5: [[statura]] elevata, i. e. [[tall]], Capit. Ant. Phil. 13.—More freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> To [[lighten]], [[alleviate]]: aegritudinem ([[with]] obtundere), Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34; cf. sollicitudines (opp. duplicare), Luccei. in Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.—Esp. freq.,<br /> <b>B</b> (In [[allusion]] to the [[rising]] of the lighter [[scale]].) To [[make]] [[light]] of, to [[lessen]], [[diminish]], [[impair]], [[weaken]]; to [[disparage]], detract from: causas suspicionum offensionumque tum evitare, tum elevare, tum ferre, Cic. Lael. 24; so, objectum ab adversario, id. de Or. 2, 56 fin.; cf. id. Inv. 1, 42; Quint. 6, 3, 75 sq.; 11, 3, 176: perspicuitatem, Cic. N. D. 3, 4: auctoritatem, Liv. 3, 21; 37, 57 fin.: res gestas (opp. verbis extollere), id. 28, 43; cf. ib. 44 fin.: noxam multitudinis, id. 45, 10: non si [[quid]] turbida [[Roma]] Elevet, Pers. 1, 6 et saep.—With [[personal]] objects: est [[plane]] oratoris movere risum, [[quod]] frangit adversarium, [[quod]] impedit, [[quod]] elevat, [[quod]] deterret, [[quod]] refutat, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.: elevabatur [[index]] indiciumque, Liv. 26, 27: Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos, id. 9, 37: assiduos viros ([[copia]]), Prop. 2, 33, 44 (3, 31, 44 M.); cf. id. 2, 34, 58 (3, 32, 58 M.).—<br /> <b>C</b> Of the [[voice]], to [[lift]] up, [[raise]] ([[late]] Lat.): vocem, Vulg. Judic. 2, 4 al. | ||
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|gf=<b>ēlĕvō</b>,¹² āvī, ātum, āre, tr., lever, élever, soulever, exhausser : Cæs. C. 2, 9, 5 ; Claud. Eutr. 1, 295 || ôter, enlever : fructum Col. Rust. 3, 21, 5, rentrer la récolte || [fig.] alléger, soulager, affaiblir, amoindrir : ægritudinem Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, alléger la douleur ; perspicuitatem Cic. Nat. 3, 9, affaiblir l’évidence, cf. de Or. 2, 230 || rabaisser, ravaler [en paroles] : facta alicujus Liv. 28, 42, 6, rabaisser les exploits de qqn. | |||
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Revision as of 06:53, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-lĕvo: no
I perf., ātum, 1, v. a.
I Lit., to lift up, raise (very rare): contabulationem, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5 and 7: lumbos in altum, App. M. 4, p. 143: arcam, Vulg. Gen. 7, 17.—Poet.: elevat hunc pluma, i. e. turns into a bird, Claud. Eutr. 1, 295: aura preces, i. e. carry away, disperse, = auferat, dissipet, Prop. 1, 8, 12: fructum, to gather in, Col. 3, 21, 5: statura elevata, i. e. tall, Capit. Ant. Phil. 13.—More freq.,
II Trop.
A To lighten, alleviate: aegritudinem (with obtundere), Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34; cf. sollicitudines (opp. duplicare), Luccei. in Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.—Esp. freq.,
B (In allusion to the rising of the lighter scale.) To make light of, to lessen, diminish, impair, weaken; to disparage, detract from: causas suspicionum offensionumque tum evitare, tum elevare, tum ferre, Cic. Lael. 24; so, objectum ab adversario, id. de Or. 2, 56 fin.; cf. id. Inv. 1, 42; Quint. 6, 3, 75 sq.; 11, 3, 176: perspicuitatem, Cic. N. D. 3, 4: auctoritatem, Liv. 3, 21; 37, 57 fin.: res gestas (opp. verbis extollere), id. 28, 43; cf. ib. 44 fin.: noxam multitudinis, id. 45, 10: non si quid turbida Roma Elevet, Pers. 1, 6 et saep.—With personal objects: est plane oratoris movere risum, quod frangit adversarium, quod impedit, quod elevat, quod deterret, quod refutat, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.: elevabatur index indiciumque, Liv. 26, 27: Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos, id. 9, 37: assiduos viros (copia), Prop. 2, 33, 44 (3, 31, 44 M.); cf. id. 2, 34, 58 (3, 32, 58 M.).—
C Of the voice, to lift up, raise (late Lat.): vocem, Vulg. Judic. 2, 4 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēlĕvō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre, tr., lever, élever, soulever, exhausser : Cæs. C. 2, 9, 5 ; Claud. Eutr. 1, 295
