levamen

Latin

Etymology

From levō (I soften, mitigate) + -men. See also levāmentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

levāmen n (genitive levāminis); third declension

  1. alleviation, mitigation
  2. solace, consolation

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative levāmen levāmina
Genitive levāminis levāminum
Dative levāminī levāminibus
Accusative levāmen levāmina
Ablative levāmine levāminibus
Vocative levāmen levāmina

References

  • levamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • levamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • levamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • levamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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