laevis
adjective II class

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1 light in weight, not heavy, opposite of [gravis]
2 (metonymy) light armed troops
3 light of digestion, easy to digest
4 light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid
5 without weight, of no consequence
6 light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy
7 (person) light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false
8 mild, gentle, pleasant

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ad leviora transcendere = to turn to lighter arguments (= weaker) || ad motus laevior = lighter in moving || ea quae levatiora levioraque sunt || galeae leves || aut lève aut asperum || Usticae cubantis levia saxa || nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae || ceterae hilaritates … frontem remittunt, leves sunt || cicatrix saetosam laevi frontem turpaverat oris




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