levator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin levator. Doublet of lever.

Noun

levator (plural levators or levatores)

(anatomy) lifting muscle

Antonyms

depressor

Anagrams

Tervola, love rat

Latin

Verb

levātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of levō
third-person singular future passive imperative of levō

References

levator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
levator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
levator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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