level (v.) Copy link Outline I. To take a levelII. To make level or evenIII. To bring to the (level of) the ground1. aequo, 12. ădaequo, 13. coaequo, 14. complāno, 15. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3 (to lay flat, prostrate) • level (v.): I. To take a level: libro, 1: v. preced. art. (I.). II. To make level or even: complāno, 1: Cato, R. R. 159: in same sense, aequo: Virg. G. 1, 178. (Or expr. by circuml., planum facio, reddo: v. level, adj.) III. To bring to the (level of) the ground: 1. aequo, 1: to destroy a city and l. it with the ground, urbem excisam solo aeq., Vell. 2, 4: Liv.: Tac. 2. ădaequo, 1: Liv. 1, 29 (tecta solo ad.). 3. coaequo, 1: Sall. Cat. 20. 4. complāno, 1: Cic. (?) Dom. 38, 101: Hirt. 5. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3 (to lay flat, prostrate): to l. walls with the ram, muros ariete s., Liv. 1, 29: cf. Virg. Aen. 11, 485, pronum sterne solo. (Often diruo, everto, will be precise enough: cf. Liv. 4, 16, init.: v. to pull down.)