adverb
leviter
leviter (comparative levius, superlative levissimē)
Classical[ˈɫɛ.wɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛː.vi.ter]
Meaning
- lightly, not heavily
- slightly, somewhat
- easily
lĕvĭter, adv., v. 1. levis
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
leviter adv. with comp. levius and sup. levissimē
1 levis, lightly, not heavily : armati, lightarmed , Cu.: levius casura pila, with less force , Cs. —Fig., slightly, a little, not much, somewhat : inflexum bacillum: saucius: lucra ligurriens: velle, O.: tanto levius miser, so much less , H.: levius dolere, O.: levius strepere, less loudly , S.: ut levissime dicam, with extreme moderation.—Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity : sed levissime feram, si, etc.: nimis leviter lata iniuria, L.: levius torquetis Arachne, more nimbly , Iu.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
- Latinleviter
Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin leviter From levis + -ter.