allevo
See also: allevò
Italian
Verb
allevo
- first-person singular present indicative of allevare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From ad- + levō (“lift up, raise”), from levis (“light”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.le.woː/, [ˈal.lɛ.woː]
Verb
allevō (present infinitive allevāre, perfect active allevāvī, supine allevātum); first conjugation
- I lift or set up, raise
- (figuratively) I lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce
- (figuratively) I sustain, comfort, console
- (figuratively) I raise up, make distinguished; enhance
Inflection
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Derived terms
- allevāmentum
- allevātiō
- allevātor
Descendants
- Corsican: addivà
- Italian: allevare
- Sicilian: addivari
Etymology 2
From ad- + lēvō (“make smooth”), from lēvis (“smooth”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈleː.woː/
Verb
allēvō (present infinitive allēvāre, perfect active allēvāvī, supine allēvātum); first conjugation
- I make smooth, smooth off or over
Inflection
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- (alleviate): lēvō
References
- allevo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- allevo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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