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“lightly” in Latin
levislight, not heavy; easy to digest; quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapidvulnerōto wound, injure, hurtvēlōxswift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedycadōto fall, to fall out; to fall in battle, die, be slain, fall so as to be unable to rise; to be frustrated, fail, to be o
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lightly
Not heavily, leviter (e.g., cadere).
figuratively, Slightly, leviter (e.g., lightly wounded); leviter saucius or vulneratus. To regard anything lightly, aliquid leve habere, aliquid in levi habere (to consider as trifling; the latter is more distinct, and although only in Tac., Ann., 3, 54, 4, and Hist., 2, 21, 2, certainly classical); aliquid negligere (not to regard): to esteem lightly, parvi ducere; nihil curare.
Not clumsily or awkwardly, velociter. To dance lightly, membra molliter movere (Hor., Sat., 1, 9, 25).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lightly?
- The usual Latin words for “lightly” are levis, vulnerō, vēlōx; also cadō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.