allevo

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈlɛ.vo/ Rhymes: -ɛvo Hyphenation: al‧lè‧vo === Verb === allevo first-person singular present indicative of allevare === Anagrams === avello, levalo == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From ad- +‎ levō (“lift up, raise”), from levis (“light”). ==== Alternative forms ==== adlevō ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈal.lɛ.woː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.le.vo] ==== Verb ==== allevō (present infinitive allevāre, perfect active allevāvī, supine allevātum); first conjugation to lift or set up, raise Synonyms: levō, ēlevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, efferō, surgō, ēdō, sublīmō Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō (figuratively) to lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce Synonyms: lēniō, dēlēniō, commītigō, plācō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, restinguō, mītigō, levō, alleviō, molliō Antonyms: dūrō, obdūrō (figuratively) to sustain, comfort, console (figuratively) to raise up, make distinguished; enhance ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (alleviate): alleviō, levō ===== Derived terms ===== allevāmentum allevātiō allevātor ===== Descendants ===== Corsican: addivà Istriot: alevà Italian: allevare Sicilian: aḍḍivari ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *allevus (“noun”) Italian: allievo Sicilian: aḍḍevu === Etymology 2 === From ad- +‎ lēvō (“make smooth”), from lēvis (“smooth”). ==== Alternative forms ==== adlēvō ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [alˈleː.woː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈlɛː.vo] ==== Verb ==== allēvō (present infinitive allēvāre, perfect active allēvāvī, supine allēvātum); first conjugation to make smooth, smooth off or over Synonyms: lēvō, lēvigō ===== Conjugation ===== ===== 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.