ē-lĕvo — Lewis & Short
ē-lĕvo, no
I perf., ātum, 1, v. a.
I Lit., to lift up, raise (very rare):
contabulationem,Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5 and 7:
lumbos in altum,App. M. 4, p. 143:
arcam,Vulg. Gen. 7, 17.—Poet.:
elevat hunc pluma,i. e. turns into a bird, Claud. Eutr. 1, 295: aura preces, i. e. carry away, disperse, = auferat, dissipet, Prop. 1, 8, 12:
fructum,to gather in, Col. 3, 21, 5: statura elevata, i. e. tall, Capit. Ant. Phil. 13.—More freq.,
II Trop.
A To lighten, alleviate:
aegritudinem (with obtundere),Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34; cf. sollicitudines (opp. duplicare), Luccei. in Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.—Esp. freq.,
B (In allusion to the rising of the lighter scale.) To make light of, to lessen, diminish, impair, weaken; to disparage, detract from:
causas suspicionum offensionumque tum evitare, tum elevare, tum ferre,Cic. Lael. 24; so,
objectum ab adversario,id. de Or. 2, 56 fin.; cf. id. Inv. 1, 42; Quint. 6, 3, 75 sq.; 11, 3, 176:
perspicuitatem,Cic. N. D. 3, 4:
auctoritatem,Liv. 3, 21; 37, 57 fin.:
res gestas (opp. verbis extollere),id. 28, 43; cf. ib. 44 fin.:
noxam multitudinis,id. 45, 10:
non si quid turbida Roma Elevet,Pers. 1, 6 et saep.—With personal objects:
est plane oratoris movere risum, quod frangit adversarium, quod impedit, quod elevat, quod deterret, quod refutat,Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.:
elevabatur index indiciumque,Liv. 26, 27:
Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos,id. 9, 37:
assiduos viros (copia),Prop. 2, 33, 44 (3, 31, 44 M.); cf. id. 2, 34, 58 (3, 32, 58 M.).—
C Of the voice, to lift up, raise (late Lat.):
vocem,Vulg. Judic. 2, 4 al.