LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

levāmen1

levāmen n (genitive levāminis)
Classical[ɫɛˈwaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[leˈvaː.men]

Meaning

  1. alleviation, mitigation
  2. solace, consolation

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quod dolōrem levat
levāmen -inis (n) — in Aeneis, ch. 8

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelevāmenlevāmina
genitivelevāminislevāminum
dativelevāminīlevāminibus
accusativelevāmenlevāmina
ablativelevāminelevāminibus
vocativelevāmenlevāmina

lĕvāmen, ĭnis, n. levo,
I. an alleviation, mitigation, solace, consolation (mostly poet.): quod si esset aliquod levamen, id esset in te uno, * Cic. Att. 12, 16: dulce viatori lasso in sudore levamen, * Cat. 68, 61; * Prop. 4 (5), 11, 63. omnis curae casusque levamen, Amitto Anchisen, * Verg. A. 3, 709: ejus mali, Liv. 6, 35, 1.

Origins

From levō (“to soften, mitigate”) + -men. See also levāmentum.

noun · masculine
levāmen2
*levāmen m

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionyeast

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—levāmina
genitivelevāminislevāminum
dative—levāminibus
accusative—levāmina
ablativelevāminelevāminibus
vocative—levāmina

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  2. Latinlevāmen

Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin *levāmen From levō (“raise”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchlevainfrom Old French levain
  • Englishlevainfrom Old French levain
  • Occitanlevam
  • Walloonlewinfrom Old French levain
  • Middle Englishlevaynfrom Old French levain
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianlevame
  • Italianlevamme
  • Corsicanlevame
  • Corsicanlivame
  • Istriotlivà
  • Old Venetanlevame
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianlevan
  • Ladinlevà
  • Ladinlové
  • Romanshlevon
Borrowings
  • Basquelegami

Quick answers

What does levāmen mean in Latin?
levāmen, a noun, means “alleviation, mitigation; solace, consolation”.
What is the genitive of levāmen?
The genitive singular is levāminis. levāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce levāmen?
In classical Latin, [ɫɛˈwaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [leˈvaː.men].