level (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. plānus (most gen. term)2. aequus3. aequābĭlis, e (rare in this sense)4. aequālis, e (also rare)5. lībrātus (in strictly scient. sense) • level (adj.): 1. plānus (most gen. term): Pl.: Caes. Join: aequus et planus [locus]., Cic. Caec. 17, fin.; pl. et aequabilis, id. Tim. 5. 2. aequus: Caes. Esp. in neut. absol., in aequo, on the l. ground, Liv. 5, 38: Tac. (Cf. supr.) 3. aequābĭlis, e (rare in this sense): v. supr. (1). See also even (adj.). 4. aequālis, e (also rare): Ov. 5. lībrātus (in strictly scient. sense): it is his opinion that water is not (strictly) l., placet ei aquam non esse l., Vitr. 8, 5 (6), 3.
level (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Horizontal positionII. An instrument for taking levelsIII. An even surfaceIV. Usual or natural elevationV. Position of equality • level (subs.): I. Horizontal position: librata collocatio, Vitr. 8, 5 (6), 1: also, libratio, ib. § 3. To take a l., librare, perlibrare, Vitr. l. c. Phr.: to sink to the l. of the water, ad aequilibrium aquae mergi, Sen. N. Q. 3, 25, 5. II. An instrument for taking levels: Vitr. enumerates the following: libraria aquaria (a water-l.); dioptra (an optical l.); chorobates, ae (of a more elaborate kind), de Arch. 8, 5 (6): add to these, aequāmentum, Varr. in Non. III. An even surface: plānus locus, plānĭties, etc.: v. preced. art.; and plain (subs.). IV. Usual or natural elevation: Phr.: to rise above the common l., *egredi supra reliquos (cf. supergredi, Tac. Agr. 1); praeter solitum (supra modum, in bad sense, cf. Tac. A. 14, 52): things will soon find their l., *brevi tempore omnia in suum locum revertentur. V. Position of equality: Phr.: on a l. with, aequalis (v. equal): to set on a l., exaequo: e. g. to put oneself on a l. with inferiors, se cum inferioribus ex., Cic. Am. 20, init.: the law puts quadrupeds on a l. with slaves, lex servis ex. quadrupedes, Gai. Dig. 9, 2, 2: in same sense, adaequo: Cic.: Tac.
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.)
LEVEL Copy link • LEVEL 1. adj., planus; aequus; (The words are found in this connection and order.) planus et aequus; aequatus; libratus (Vitr.). 2. s. A plain surface, aoquum; aequus et planus locus. A mechanical instrument, libella, libra. Equality, aequalitas. 3. v. aequare: coaequare: exaequare (to make even with the rest of the ground): complanare (to make flat by digging, etc.): sternere (as the wind does the sea, poetical). To level mountains, montes coaequare; montium juga fossuris complanare; montes in planum ducere [☞ montem subvertere (Sall., Cat., 13, 1) is not to be imitated]: to level the soil, solum exaequare.