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levans
levans
Latin
Etymology 1
Present active participle of levō (“lift, raise”)
Participle
levāns m, f, n (genitive levantis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | levāns | levantēs | levantia | ||
| genitive | levantis | levantium | |||
| dative | levantī | levantibus | |||
| accusative | levantem | levāns | levantēs | levantia | |
| ablative | levante, levantī1 | levantibus | |||
| vocative | levāns | levantēs | levantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Present active participle of lēvō (“smooth, polish”)
Participle
lēvāns m, f, n (genitive lēvantis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | lēvāns | lēvantēs | lēvantia | ||
| genitive | lēvantis | lēvantium | |||
| dative | lēvantī | lēvantibus | |||
| accusative | lēvantem | lēvāns | lēvantēs | lēvantia | |
| ablative | lēvante, lēvantī1 | lēvantibus | |||
| vocative | lēvāns | lēvantēs | lēvantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- LEVANS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)