ē-lĕvo Copy link Outline I. Lit., to lift up, raiseII. Trop.A. To lighten, alleviateB. ...C. Of the voice, to lift up, raise ⓘēlĕvāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plēlĕvātē: adverbial • ē-lĕvo, no 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.
ēlĕvō Copy link ⓘēlĕvāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plēlĕvātē: adverbial • ēlĕvō, āvī, ātum, āre, tr., lever, élever, soulever, exhausser : Cæs. C. 2, 9, 5 ; Claud. Eutr. 1, 295 || ôter, enlever : fructum Col. Rust. 3, 21, 5, rentrer la récolte || [fig.] alléger, soulager, affaiblir, amoindrir : ægritudinem Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, alléger la douleur ; perspicuitatem Cic. Nat. 3, 9, affaiblir l'évidence, cf. de Or. 2, 230 || rabaisser, ravaler [en paroles] : facta alicujus Liv. 28, 42, 6, rabaisser les exploits de qqn.
elevo Copy link ⓘēlĕvāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plēlĕvātē: adverbial ELEVO âre. [ἐπαίρω, αἰωρέω] In altum tollere, pro quo sensu adducitur Plautus, Capedum lapidem hunc, atque eleua. […] 🗁 Page Scan
elevate Copy link Outline I. To lift up (in lit. sense)II. In fig. sense, to exalt, raise to a higher pitch1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 32. ēvĕho, xi, ctum, 3III. Only in pass., to be elevated, as by good fortune or wine • elevate: I. To lift up (in lit. sense): tollo, attollo, lĕvo: v. to raise, lift up. Phr.: to e. the host, elevaro hostiam salutarem, Honor. Ep. in Hook's Ch. Dict. II. In fig. sense, to exalt, raise to a higher pitch: 1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3: to e. to threefold honours, tergeminis t. honoribus, Hor.: Liv.: v. to raise. 2. ēvĕho, xi, ctum, 3: to e. to the gods, e. ad Deos, Hor.: v. to exalt. Phr.: to e. the voice, vocem attollere, Quint. III. Only in pass., to be elevated, as by good fortune or wine: v. ELATED.
ELEVATE Copy link • ELEVATERaise, lift up, tollere: attollere: extollere: levare: allevare (Quint.); efferre (also figuratively of lifting up with pride). FIG., To elevate one’s thoughts to God, *animum convertere or evehere ad cogitationem Dei; one’s heart above the world, *animum ad coelestia tollere (Muret.): they cannot elevate their minds to anything noble or God-like, nihil altum, nihil magnificum ac divinum suspicere possunt. To be elevated (= elated), se efferre aliqua re; efferri aliqua re; by prosperity, secunda fortuna efferri; secundis rebus intumescere or insolescere. Elevated to honors, honore amplificatus. Detract from, remove, elevare (e.g., alicujus auctoritatem, facta, famam alicujus rei, etc.).