levamen

lĕvāmen, ĭnis, n. [levo],

• an alleviation, mitigation, solace, consolation (mostly poet.): quod si esset aliquod levamen, id esset in te uno, * Cic. Att. 12, 16: dulce viatori lasso in sudore levamen, * Cat. 68, 61; * Prop. 4 (5), 11, 63: omnis curae casusque levamen, Amitto Anchisen, * Verg. A. 3, 709: ejus mali, Liv. 6, 35, 1.

levāmen, inis, n. (2. levo), Erleichterungs-, Linderungsmittel, dulce viatori lasso in sudore levamen, Catull.: quod si esset aliquod levamen, id esset in te uno, Cic. – m. Genet., eius mali levamen, Liv. 6, 35, 1. – poet. v. Anchises, omnis curae casusque levamen, Linderer jeglicher Sorge u. Not, Verg. Aen. 3, 709.

levamen [CL] 1 that which alleviates, relief, solace. ipsa unctio olei fessis et dolentibus solet adferre ~en Bede Hom. 25. 106; regina quidem faustum conferre levamen / ‥ valens Frith. 89; ~en help GlP 907; corda mox exoptata experiuntur ~ina V. Neot. A 21; quibusdam pro miraculo, nonnullis pro jocoso ~inis spectaculo fuit R. Cold. Cuthb. 111; quanta sufficiebant ad comportandum jugum ex lege libertatis in ~en oneris servorum Gros. Cess. Leg. IV 8. 37. 2 levying (of sum of money). 1427 cujus summe ~en facere cancellarius teneatur StatOx 232.

lĕvāmĕn, (12) ĭnis, n. (levo 2), soulagement : Cic. Att. 12, 16 ; Catul. 68, 61 ; Virg. En. 3, 709 ; Liv. 6, 35, 1.

levāmen inis, n

• 1 levo, an alleviation, mitigation, solace, consolation: in te uno: eius mali, L.—Of a person: curae casūsque, V.