elevo

See also: elevó and elevò

Catalan

Verb

elevo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of elevar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈlɛ.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvo
  • Hyphenation: e‧lè‧vo

Verb

elevo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of elevare

Anagrams

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from French élève.

Noun

elevo m (plural elevos, feminine eleva)

  1. (male) student, pupil

Latin

Etymology

    From ex- + levō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ēlevō (present infinitive ēlevāre, perfect active ēlevāvī, supine ēlevātum); first conjugation

    1. to raise or elevate
      Synonyms: levō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, efferō, allevō, ēvehō, ēdō, sublīmō
      Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō
    2. to alleviate or sooth
      Synonyms: lēniō, mītigō, plācō, restinguō, commītigō, levō, allevō, alleviō
      Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō
      aegritūdinem ēlevāre ― to alleviate one's sorrows
    3. to weaken, lessen
      perspicivitātem ēlevāre ― to lessen the evidence
    4. to belittle, depreciate, denigrate
      Antonym: extollō
      • 55 BCE, Cicero, De oratore 2.58:
        Est autem, ut ad illud tertium veniam, est plane oratoris movere risum; vel quod ipsa hilaritas benevolentiam conciliat ei, per quem excitata est; […] vel quod frangit adversarium, quod impedit, quod elevat, quod deterret, quod refutat; […]
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      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 9.37:
        Paucis milites adloquitur; Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos; nec hostem hosti nec multitudinem multitudini comparandam ait; esse praeterea telum aliud occultum; scituros in tempore; interea taceri opus esse.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 28.42.6:
        Facile est […] elevare meas res gestas, tam hercule quam, si uictor ex Africa redierim, ea ipsa elevare quae nunc retinendi mei causa ut terribilia eadem videantur verbis extolluntur.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: elevar
    • English: elevate
    • French: élever
    • Galician: elevar
    • Italian: elevare
    • Occitan: elevar
    • Portuguese: elevar
    • Romanian: eleva
    • Spanish: elevar

    References

    • “elevo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “elevo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “elevo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to comfort another in his trouble: aegritudinem alicuius elevare

    Portuguese

    Verb

    elevo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of elevar

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [eˈlevo]

    Noun

    elevo f

    1. vocative singular of elevă

    Spanish

    Verb

    elevo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of elevar