levio

Latin

Etymology

From levis (“light (in weight)”) +‎ -iō (causative verb-forming suffix). Frequently used by the fourth-century writer Oribasius. Cf. the more common alleviō.

Verb

leviō (present infinitive leviāre, perfect active leviāvī, supine leviātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

1. to alleviate, make light

Conjugation

   Conjugation of leviō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	leviō		leviās		leviat		leviāmus		leviātis		leviant
	imperfect	leviābam		leviābās		leviābat		leviābāmus		leviābātis		leviābant
	future	leviābō		leviābis		leviābit		leviābimus		leviābitis		leviābunt
	perfect	leviāvī		leviāvistī		leviāvit		leviāvimus		leviāvistis		leviāvērunt, leviāvēre
	pluperfect	leviāveram		leviāverās		leviāverat		leviāverāmus		leviāverātis		leviāverant
	future perfect	leviāverō		leviāveris		leviāverit		leviāverimus		leviāveritis		leviāverint
passive	present	levior		leviāris, leviāre		leviātur		leviāmur		leviāminī		leviantur
	imperfect	leviābar		leviābāris, leviābāre		leviābātur		leviābāmur		leviābāminī		leviābantur
	future	leviābor		leviāberis, leviābere		leviābitur		leviābimur		leviābiminī		leviābuntur
	perfect	leviātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	leviātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	leviātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	leviem		leviēs		leviet		leviēmus		leviētis		levient
	imperfect	leviārem		leviārēs		leviāret		leviārēmus		leviārētis		leviārent
	perfect	leviāverim		leviāverīs		leviāverit		leviāverīmus		leviāverītis		leviāverint
	pluperfect	leviāvissem		leviāvissēs		leviāvisset		leviāvissēmus		leviāvissētis		leviāvissent
passive	present	levier		leviēris, leviēre		leviētur		leviēmur		leviēminī		levientur
	imperfect	leviārer		leviārēris, leviārēre		leviārētur		leviārēmur		leviārēminī		leviārentur
	perfect	leviātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	leviātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		leviā		—		—		leviāte		—
	future	—		leviātō		leviātō		—		leviātōte		leviantō
passive	present	—		leviāre		—		—		leviāminī		—
	future	—		leviātor		leviātor		—		—		leviantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		leviāre			leviārī			leviāns			—
future		leviātūrum esse			leviātum īrī			leviātūrus			leviandus
perfect		leviāvisse			leviātum esse			—			leviātus
future perfect		—			leviātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		leviātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		leviandī		leviandō		leviandum		leviandō		leviātum		leviātū

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Old Italian: lebbiare (Pisan)
  • Venetan: libar
    • →? Italian: libare, ⇒ allibare (both may be native)
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: levgiar, livgier
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Lombard: libá
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: legeó
  • Middle French: leiger
  • Old Occitan: leujar

References

• “levio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lĕviare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 286