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levor

levor

id.

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What it meant

1. levor — de Vaan

levor 'id.' (Lucr.-l··)* Pit *leju- » *leiw-i-. PIE ^lehii-u- 4smooth'. IE cognates: Gr. λείος [adj.] 'level, smooth' < *Iehii-u-o-, λίς, gen. λιτός [adj\] 'smooth \ [m.] 'smooth linen' < *UH-l·. Following Schrijver, we may assume that levis is an old w-stem adj. From a preform PIE *lehii-u-, we can explain the result *leju- » *leiw-i- > levis by normal syllabification rules. Most of the other connections within … — [de Vaan, s.v. levor, p. 351]

2. lēvor — Lewis & Short

lēvor (laevor), ōris, m.id.,

I smoothness: haud sine principali aliquo levore, Lucr. 2, 423: spectantur in chartis tenuitas, densitas, candor, levor, Plin. 13, 12, 24, § 78: levorem corpori afferre, id. 30, 14, 43, § 127; 37, 4, 15, § 56: vocis, Lucr. 4, 552.

In the wild

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. levor (scan p. 351; entry #902). Root candidates: *leju-.

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