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LNS

lēvitās, lēvitātis

(laevitās, laevitātis)

2. levis

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

smoothness
smoothness, fluency, facility

Abbreviations

lēvitas (laev-), ātis, f. 2. lēvis, smoothness. Lit. (class.): speculorum, Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7: intestinorum, slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.

— Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility: Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit, Cic. Or. 31, 110: verborum, Quint. 10, 1, 52: effeminata, id. 8, 3, 6.