Italian

Verb

allevo

1. first-person singular present indicative of allevare

Anagrams

• avello, levalo

Latin

Etymology 1

From ad- +‎ levō ‎(“lift up, raise”), from levis ‎(“light”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.le.woː/

Verb

allevō ‎(present infinitive allevāre, perfect active allevāvī, supine allevātum); first conjugation

1. I lift or set up, raise
2. (figuratively) I lighten, lessen, alleviate, mitigate, reduce
3. (figuratively) I sustain, comfort, console
4. (figuratively) I raise up, make distinguished; enhance

Inflection

Alternative forms

• adlevō

Synonyms

• (alleviate): alleviō, levō

Derived terms

• allevāmentum
• allevātiō
• allevātor

Etymology 2

From ad- +‎ lēvō ‎(“make smooth”), from lēvis ‎(“smooth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈleː.woː/

Verb

allēvō ‎(present infinitive allēvāre, perfect active allēvāvī, supine allēvātum); first conjugation

1. I make smooth, smooth off or over

Inflection

Alternative forms

• adlēvō

Synonyms

• (alleviate): lēvō

References

• allevo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “allevo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.