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|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.>