levamentum

Latin

Etymology

Derived from levō (“I relieve, alleviate”) +‎ -mentum (“instrument, medium”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /le.u̯aːˈmen.tum/, [ɫ̪eu̯äːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.vaˈmen.tum/, [leväˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

levāmentum n (genitive levāmentī); second declension

1. An alleviation, mitigation, consolation

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	levāmentum	levāmenta
genitive	levāmentī	levāmentōrum
dative	levāmentō	levāmentīs
accusative	levāmentum	levāmenta
ablative	levāmentō	levāmentīs
vocative	levāmentum	levāmenta

References

• “levamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• levamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.