levamen
From LSJ
Γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἐπιτυχεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον → Certe invenire feminam haud facile est bonam → Ein braves Eheweib zu finden ist nicht leicht
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lĕvāmen: ĭnis, n. levo,
I an alleviation, mitigation, solace, consolation (mostly poet.): quod si esset aliquod levamen, id esset in te uno, * Cic. Att. 12, 16: dulce viatori lasso in sudore levamen, * Cat. 68, 61; * Prop. 4 (5), 11, 63: omnis curae casusque levamen, Amitto Anchisen, * Verg. A. 3, 709: ejus mali, Liv. 6, 35, 1.
