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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "leviculus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "levidēnsis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "levifēcit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "levifīdus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "levigō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "levipēs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "levisomnus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "leviter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "levitās"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "*levius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "*leviānus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "levō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "perlevis"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Proto-Romanian: *lieu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "lishor",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Aromanian: lishor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Aromanian: lishor"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "ușor",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Romanian: ușor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Romanian: ușor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "lieve"
},
"expansion": "Italian: lieve",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: lieve"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "North Italian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ist",
"2": "levo"
},
"expansion": "Istriot: levo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Istriot: levo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "lev",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Romansch: lev, leav; leiv",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: lev, leav; leiv"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frp",
"2": "levet",
"3": "levi",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Franco-Provençal: levet, levi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Franco-Provençal: levet, levi"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "lief",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? Old French: lief",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": ">? Old French: lief"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Occitano-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "lleu"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: lleu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: lleu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc-gas",
"2": "lhèu"
},
"expansion": "Gascon: lhèu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gascon: lhèu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pro",
"2": "leu"
},
"expansion": "Old Occitan: leu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Occitan: leu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "lèu"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: lèu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: lèu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "léu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: léu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: léu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "lieve",
"3": "lief"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: lieve, lief",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "apocopic variant"
},
"expansion": "(apocopic variant)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: lieve, lief (apocopic variant)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "leve"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: leve",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "possibly influenced by Latin"
},
"expansion": "(possibly influenced by Latin)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: leve (possibly influenced by Latin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "leve"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: leve",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: leve"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*leɣʷis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *leɣʷis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"2": "*breɣʷis"
},
"expansion": "*breɣʷis",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁lengʰwih₂-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰwih₂-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₁léngʰus"
},
"expansion": "*h₁léngʰus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₁lengʷʰ-",
"3": "",
"4": "lightweight"
},
"expansion": "*h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "लघु",
"tr": "laghú"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit लघु (laghú)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἐλᾰφρός, ἐλᾰχῠ́ς"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐλᾰφρός, ἐλᾰχῠ́ς (elaphrós, elakhús)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "lēoht"
},
"expansion": "Old English lēoht",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "light"
},
"expansion": "light",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *leɣʷis (with possible contamination from *breɣʷis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰwih₂-, from *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). Cognates include Sanskrit लघु (laghú), Ancient Greek ἐλᾰφρός, ἐλᾰχῠ́ς (elaphrós, elakhús) and Old English lēoht (English light).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leve",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "levior",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "levissimus",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "leviter",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-adecl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "levis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "levēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levia",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "levium",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "levibus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "levēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levīs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levia",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "levibus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "leve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "levēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "levia",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "levis",
"adv": "leviter",
"comp": "levior",
"sup": "levissimus"
},
"expansion": "levis (neuter leve, comparative levior, superlative levissimus, adverb leviter); third-declension two-termination adjective",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "levis"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "gravis"
}
],
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the light-armed Numidians",
"ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.10",
"text": "levis armaturae Numidas"
}
],
"glosses": [
"light, not heavy"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-gH3AMkjZ",
"links": [
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"heavy",
"heavy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally) light, not heavy"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"literally",
"two-termination"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 11 10 4 29 26 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 11 8 2 13 16 11 10 10 10 2 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"easy to digest"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-L2kAYh36",
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"easy",
"easy"
],
[
"digest",
"digest"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense)",
"(usually poetic) easy to digest"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"poetic",
"two-termination",
"usually"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "lentus"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 11 10 4 29 26 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-8R3wI-LG",
"links": [
[
"quick",
"quick"
],
[
"swift",
"swift"
],
[
"fleet",
"fleet"
],
[
"nimble",
"nimble"
],
[
"rapid",
"rapid"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense)",
"quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "agilis"
},
{
"word": "vēlōx"
},
{
"word": "pernīx"
},
{
"word": "prōmptus"
},
{
"word": "properus"
},
{
"word": "facilis"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"two-termination"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a slight, gentle touch",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.180",
"text": "levis tactus"
}
],
"glosses": [
"slight, trifling, small"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-1CFjRHS9",
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"slight",
"slight"
],
[
"trifling",
"trifling"
],
[
"small",
"small"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense)",
"(usually poetic) slight, trifling, small"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"poetic",
"two-termination",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Classical Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 11 10 4 29 26 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 11 8 2 13 16 11 10 10 10 2 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 7 8 2 15 12 9 13 13 13 0 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin heteronyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 8 7 6 12 9 9 10 10 10 8 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Trivial concerns talk, great ones are speechless.",
"ref": "c. 54 CE, Seneca the Younger, Phaedra 607",
"text": "Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent."
}
],
"glosses": [
"light, trivial, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, slight, little, petty, easy, dispensable"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-xnOJhl-V",
"links": [
[
"Classical Latin",
"Classical Latin"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"trivial",
"trivial"
],
[
"trifling",
"trifling"
],
[
"unimportant",
"unimportant"
],
[
"inconsiderable",
"inconsiderable"
],
[
"slight",
"slight"
],
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"petty",
"petty"
],
[
"easy",
"easy"
],
[
"dispensable",
"dispensable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"(Classical Latin) light, trivial, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, slight, little, petty, easy, dispensable"
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin",
"declension-3",
"figuratively",
"two-termination"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 11 10 4 29 26 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 11 8 2 13 16 11 10 10 10 2 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 7 8 2 15 12 9 13 13 13 0 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin heteronyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-1yr7kDnD",
"links": [
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"light-minded",
"light-minded"
],
[
"capricious",
"capricious"
],
[
"fickle",
"fickle"
],
[
"inconstant",
"inconstant"
],
[
"unreliable",
"unreliable"
],
[
"false",
"false"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mendāx"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively",
"two-termination"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 11 10 4 29 26 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 11 8 2 13 16 11 10 10 10 2 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "While she sits, the shady willows, the songs of birds,\nand the gentle murmur of the water invite slumber.",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.17–18",
"roman": "fēcērunt somnōs et leve murmur aquae",
"text": "dum sedet, umbrōsae salicēs volucrēsque canōrae"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mild, gentle, pleasant"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-C7W9iesN",
"links": [
[
"mild",
"mild"
],
[
"gentle",
"gentle"
],
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"(rare) mild, gentle, pleasant"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively",
"rare",
"two-termination"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈle.u̯is/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫ̪eu̯ɪs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈle.vis/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɛːvis]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "levis"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēvitās"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēvitūdō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēvor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēvītōnārium"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēvō"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*lēiwis",
"4": "",
"5": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *lēiwis",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leh₁y-u-",
"4": "",
"5": "smooth"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leh₁y-u- (“smooth”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λεῖος",
"3": "",
"4": "smooth, plain, level, hairless, soft"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos, “smooth, plain, level, hairless, soft”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λίς",
"3": "",
"4": "smooth"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek λίς (lís, “smooth”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂leyH-",
"t": "to smear"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "līmus",
"3": "",
"4": "mud, slime, muck"
},
"expansion": "Latin līmus (“mud, slime, muck”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "slime"
},
"expansion": "English slime",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λίμνη",
"t": "marsh"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "oblīvīscor",
"3": "",
"4": "forget"
},
"expansion": "Latin oblīvīscor (“forget”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "lēvis",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "lēve",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-adecl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvia",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvium",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvibus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvīs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvia",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvibus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lēve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lēvia",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lēvis"
},
"expansion": "lēvis (neuter lēve); third-declension two-termination adjective",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lēvis"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblīvīscor"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "asper"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Classical Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 7 8 2 15 12 9 13 13 13 0 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin heteronyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 5.328",
"text": "levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix"
}
],
"glosses": [
"smooth, not rough, smoothed, shining, rubbed",
"slippery"
],
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"id": "en-levis-la-adj-2eLlC0Uy",
"links": [
[
"Classical Latin",
"Classical Latin"
],
[
"smooth",
"smooth"
],
[
"rough",
"rough"
],
[
"smoothed",
"smoothed"
],
[
"shining",
"shining"
],
[
"rub",
"rub"
],
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"slippery",
"slippery"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally, Classical Latin) smooth, not rough, smoothed, shining, rubbed",
"(poetic) slippery"
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin",
"declension-3",
"literally",
"poetic",
"two-termination"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "asper"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Classical Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 7 8 2 15 12 9 13 13 13 0 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin heteronyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"smooth, not rough, smoothed, shining, rubbed",
"without hair, beardless"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-dQYrkc3c",
"links": [
[
"Classical Latin",
"Classical Latin"
],
[
"smooth",
"smooth"
],
[
"rough",
"rough"
],
[
"smoothed",
"smoothed"
],
[
"shining",
"shining"
],
[
"rub",
"rub"
],
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
],
[
"beardless",
"beardless"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally, Classical Latin) smooth, not rough, smoothed, shining, rubbed",
"(poetic) without hair, beardless"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "imberbis"
}
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin",
"declension-3",
"literally",
"poetic",
"two-termination"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "asper"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Classical Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 7 8 2 15 12 9 13 13 13 0 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin heteronyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"smooth, not rough, smoothed, shining, rubbed",
"youthful, delicate, beautiful; finely dressed, spruce, effeminate"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-jaYkn4Pw",
"links": [
[
"Classical Latin",
"Classical Latin"
],
[
"smooth",
"smooth"
],
[
"rough",
"rough"
],
[
"smoothed",
"smoothed"
],
[
"shining",
"shining"
],
[
"rub",
"rub"
],
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"youthful",
"youthful"
],
[
"delicate",
"delicate"
],
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"finely",
"finely"
],
[
"dress",
"dress"
],
[
"spruce",
"spruce"
],
[
"effeminate",
"effeminate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally, Classical Latin) smooth, not rough, smoothed, shining, rubbed",
"(poetic) youthful, delicate, beautiful; finely dressed, spruce, effeminate"
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin",
"declension-3",
"literally",
"poetic",
"two-termination"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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"rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-F3kOfR1o",
"links": [
[
"rub",
"rub"
],
[
"ground down",
"grind down"
],
[
"soften",
"soften"
],
[
"soft",
"soft"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense, rare) rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"rare",
"two-termination"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Classical Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(of speech) smooth, flowing"
],
"head_nr": 1,
"id": "en-levis-la-adj-MJdS56se",
"links": [
[
"Classical Latin",
"Classical Latin"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"smooth",
"smooth"
],
[
"flow",
"flow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Classical Latin, rare) (of speech) smooth, flowing"
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin",
"declension-3",
"rare",
"two-termination"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈleː.u̯is/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫ̪eːu̯ɪs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈle.vis/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɛːvis]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"proscribed"
],
"word": "laevis"
}
],
"word": "levis"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin adjectives",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Latin heteronyms",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"Latin third declension adjectives",
"Latin third declension adjectives of two terminations",
"Requests for quotations in Latin"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "leviculus"
},
{
"word": "levidēnsis"
},
{
"word": "levifēcit"
},
{
"word": "levifīdus"
},
{
"word": "levigō"
},
{
"word": "levipēs"
},
{
"word": "levisomnus"
},
{
"word": "leviter"
},
{
"word": "levitās"
},
{
"word": "*levius"
},
{
"word": "*leviānus"
},
{
"word": "levō"
},
{
"word": "perlevis"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Proto-Romanian: *lieu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "lishor",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Aromanian: lishor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Aromanian: lishor"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "ușor",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Romanian: ușor",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Romanian: ușor"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "lieve"
},
"expansion": "Italian: lieve",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: lieve"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "North Italian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ist",
"2": "levo"
},
"expansion": "Istriot: levo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Istriot: levo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "lev",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Romansch: lev, leav; leiv",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: lev, leav; leiv"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frp",
"2": "levet",
"3": "levi",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Franco-Provençal: levet, levi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Franco-Provençal: levet, levi"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "lief",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? Old French: lief",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": ">? Old French: lief"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Occitano-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "lleu"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: lleu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: lleu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc-gas",
"2": "lhèu"
},
"expansion": "Gascon: lhèu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pro",
"2": "leu"
},
"expansion": "Old Occitan: leu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Occitan: leu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "lèu"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: lèu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: lèu"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "léu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: léu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: léu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "lieve",
"3": "lief"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: lieve, lief",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "apocopic variant"
},
"expansion": "(apocopic variant)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: lieve, lief (apocopic variant)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "leve"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: leve",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "possibly influenced by Latin"
},
"expansion": "(possibly influenced by Latin)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: leve (possibly influenced by Latin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "leve"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: leve",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: leve"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*leɣʷis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *leɣʷis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"2": "*breɣʷis"
},
"expansion": "*breɣʷis",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁lengʰwih₂-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰwih₂-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₁léngʰus"
},
"expansion": "*h₁léngʰus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*h₁lengʷʰ-",
"3": "",
"4": "lightweight"
},
"expansion": "*h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "लघु",
"tr": "laghú"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit लघु (laghú)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἐλᾰφρός, ἐλᾰχῠ́ς"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐλᾰφρός, ἐλᾰχῠ́ς (elaphrós, elakhús)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "lēoht"
},
"expansion": "Old English lēoht",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "light"
},
"expansion": "light",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *leɣʷis (with possible contamination from *breɣʷis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰwih₂-, from *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). Cognates include Sanskrit लघु (laghú), Ancient Greek ἐλᾰφρός, ἐλᾰχῠ́ς (elaphrós, elakhús) and Old English lēoht (English light).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leve",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "levior",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "levissimus",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "leviter",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-adecl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "levis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "levēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levia",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levis",
"source": "inflection",
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
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{
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"feminine",
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"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
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"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
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"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"singular"
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"accusative",
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"masculine",
"plural"
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"plural"
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"accusative",
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"vocative"
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"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
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{
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{
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[
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[
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[
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"english": "While she sits, the shady willows, the songs of birds,\nand the gentle murmur of the water invite slumber.",
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}
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"ipa": "[ˈɫ̪eu̯ɪs̠]",
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"Classical"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈle.vis/",
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"Classical Latin",
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"rough",
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"word": "imberbis"
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"Classical Latin",
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"smooth",
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"rough",
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[
"shining",
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[
"rub",
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"poetic",
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[
"youthful",
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[
"delicate",
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[
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[
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[
"dress",
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[
"spruce",
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[
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"Latin terms with transferred senses"
],
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],
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[
"rub",
"rub"
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[
"ground down",
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"rare",
"two-termination"
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"Latin terms with rare senses"
],
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"(of speech) smooth, flowing"
],
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"Classical Latin",
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[
"speech",
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[
"smooth",
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[
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],
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"declension-3",
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈleː.u̯is/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫ̪eːu̯ɪs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈle.vis/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɛːvis]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
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],
"word": "laevis"
}
],
"word": "levis"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.