levamentum
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lĕvāmentum: i, n. 1. levo,
I an alleviation, mitigation, consolation, comfort (class.): miseriarum, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53: doloris, Plin. Ep. 8, 19: sine levamento, Tac. A. 4, 66: tributi, id. H. 1, 8: nec aliud levamentum quam si certis sub legibus militia iniretur, id. A. 1, 17: praestare, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 23: mihi illam rem fore levamento, Cic. Att. 12, 43, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) lĕvāmentum,¹² ī, n. (levo 2), soulagement, allégement, consolation, réconfort : Cic. Fin. 5, 53 ; esse levamento alicui Cic. Att. 12, 43, 1, être un soulagement pour qqn ; Tac. Ann. 1, 17 ; H. 1, 8 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 19, 1.
(2) lēvāmentum, ī, n. (levo 1), niveau, équerre : Varr. d. Non. 9, 18.
