levator

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tə/ (General American) IPA(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === levator (plural levatores or levators) (agent noun) One who, or something which, lifts something else, as: Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body. Antonym: depressor Coordinate term: see Category:en:Muscles Hyponyms: levator anguli oris, levator ani, levator costae, levator labii superioris, levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, levator palpebrae superioris, levator prostatae, levator scapulae, levator veli palatini A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps. Antonym: depressor ==== Derived terms ==== levator labiorum ==== Related terms ==== === References === “levator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “levator”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Further reading === (surgical instrument): instruments used in general surgery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Tervola, love rat == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɛˈwaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈvaː.tor] === Etymology 1 === From levō (“to lift up, raise, elevate”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”). ==== Noun ==== levātor m (genitive levātōris, feminine levātrīx); third declension lifter, thief (New Latin) one that lifts or raises ===== Inflection ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → English: levator === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== levātor second/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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “levator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.