levamentum

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from levō (“to relieve, alleviate”) +‎ -mentum (“instrument, medium”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɛ.waːˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [le.vaˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === levāmentum n (genitive levāmentī); second declension An alleviation, mitigation, consolation ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “levamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “levamentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.