levis
From Proto-Italic *leɣʷis (with possible contamination from *breɣʷis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʰwih₂-, from *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ-(“lightweight”). Cognates include Sanskrit लघु (laghú), Ancient Greek ἐλᾰφρός, ἐλᾰχῠ́ς (elăphrós, elăkhŭ́s) and Old English lēoht (English light).
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫɛ.wɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.vis]
levis (neuter leve, comparative levior, superlative levissimus, adverb leviter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (literally) light, not heavy
- Antonym: gravis
- (transferred sense)
- (usually poetic) easy to digest
- quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid
- Synonyms: agilis, vēlōx, pernīx, prōmptus, properus, facilis
- Antonym: lentus
- (usually poetic) slight, trifling, small
- (figuratively)
- (Classical Latin) light, trivial, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, slight, little, petty, easy, dispensable
- light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false
- Synonym: mendāx
- (rare) mild, gentle, pleasant
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Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | levis | leve | levēs | levia | |
| genitive | levis | levium | |||
| dative | levī | levibus | |||
| accusative | levem | leve | levīs
levēs |
levia | |
| ablative | levī | levibus | |||
| vocative | levis | leve | levēs | levia | |