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LEX 
LEX 
rum.-IT Also, lightness, in respect 
of motion, agility, swiftness, velocity. 
Lucrrt. Volucri iuec levitate feruntur. 
— Also, mirnableriess, power of changin’/ 
place. Ovid. Terinine, post illud levi- 
tastihi libera non est. — Also, referred 
to the mind, Jlightiness, light conduct., 
frivolity. Cic. Amatoriis levitatibus 
dediti. Id. Levitates comic®, lightness¬ 
es, wanton acts, sucli as are represented 
in a comedy ; as, for instance, when a 
son baffles his father. — Or, changeable¬ 
ness, levity, inconstancy, fickleness, un¬ 
steadiness, want of consideration, incon¬ 
siderate ness. Cic. Perpetua in popular! 
ratione levitas. Cats. Mobilitate el le¬ 
vitate animi novis imperils studebant. 
PluEdr Non levitas mihi, sed certa ra¬ 
tio causam scribendi dedit. — Also, 
playfulness, jocoseness, wantonness. Pe¬ 
tr on. poetica. IT Also, lightness, in¬ 
significance, groundlessness, vanity, airi¬ 
ness, nullity. Cic. opinionis, shallow¬ 
ness. -IT Also, badness, bad quality or 
condition. Cic. Judiciorum levitate or- 
do quoque alius ad res judicandas pos 
tulatur. - IT Ernest, in Clav. Cic. 
says: Levitas is attributed'to all violent 
and vain desires and affections of the 
mind, because in these there is no con¬ 
stancy or steadiness ; whence, also, 
those are called leves who are given up 
to them. And, as gravitas is said of all 
virtue, in which there is a constancy 
and evenness of action, so levitas of ail 
vice, because vice is for the most part 
without steadiness (gravitas). 
LeVITaS, or LATVITaS (ISvis, or 1®- 
vis), atis, I. smoothness, planeness, even¬ 
ness, \ei6rrtq. Cic. Speculorum levitas. 
Id. In ipso tactu est modus mollitudi- 
nis, et levitatis. — Figur. Quintil. ver- 
borum , smoothness, equableness, polish of 
expression. Other Edd. have lenitas. 
-- IT Cels. Levitas intestinorum, lu¬ 
bricity, looseness. 
LEVITER (levis), adv. lightly, in respect 
of weight, Kovtbios- Curt. Thraces le- 
viter armati. -IT Also, lightly, li. e. 
not oppressively or grievously, without 
molestation, without injury. Cues. Levins 
casura piia sperabat, in loco retentis 
miiitibus, quam si ipsi immissis tel is oc- 
currissent, h. e. with less injury; or, more 
literally, with less force or effect. Cic. 
Omnia levins casura, more happily, bet¬ 
ter. —— IT Also, lightly, easily, without 
trouble, with equanimity. Cic. Eo Jevius 
ferendum est, quod, &c. Id. Levissi- 
me feram, si, &c. with the least concern. 
- IT Also, lightly, slightly, a little, 
somewhat, not much. Cic. Leviter sau- 
cius, slightly. Id. Leviter a summo in- 
flexuin bacillum. Id. Gen® leviter enii- 
nentes. Id. Leviter ®grotans, slightly 
indisposed. Id. Homin'es leviter erudi- 
ti, scantily. Id. Aliquid leviter agnoS- 
cere. Sueton. Leviter recreata mens. 
Quintil. Gute libro quinto leviter in 
transitu attigeram. Cic. Leviter signifi- 
care. Id. Ut levissime dicam, to say 
the least of it. — Hence, Levius, less, 
minus. Horat. Levius miser. —■ Also, 
lightly, softly, in a low voice K Odd. Her. 
3, .80, and Cic. Suit. 10, dicere. - 
IT Also, slightly, meagrely, scantily, poor¬ 
ly, not much, not particularly. Plaut. 
Bene volumus leviter lenonibus, we arc 
not profuse in our good wishes to, &c. we 
arc sparing of our affection, h. e. we hate. 
Id. Leviter iaudare, to give scant praise, 
h. e. to blame, abominate. Also, Curl. 
Porta levius custodiebatur, li. e. indili- 
gentius. 
LeVTI'eS (\svtrri;), or LSiVITA, re, m. 
properly, a Leoite ; afterwards, in the 
Christian church, a deacon. Sidon. and 
Pnulrnt. 
LkVITIS, Idis, f. adj. of the race of Levi. 
3 Prudent., gens, h. e. Levit®. 
LeVITODS (levis), [or LATV], Inis, f. 
3 smoothness. Lar.ta.nt. 
LkVIOSCcLOS (dimin. from levior), [or 
LATV], a, um, adj. h. e. paulo levior. 
Plin. Ep. 1, T6. Facit versus molliuscu- 
los leviuseulosque, duriusculos quos- 
dam. But Ed. Gcsn. does not have the 
word. 
LEVS (levis), as, avi, Stum, a. 1. to make 
lighter, lighten, alleviate, ease, relieve 
(either alicui aliquid, or aliquem re). 
Cic. II®c tibi ad levandas molestias 
magna esse debent. Plaut.. alicui pau- 
pertatem. Cic. angorem animi mei 
sermone tuo. Icl. iiis levabat metum 
gloria. Virg. viam vario sermone, to 
lighten, beguile. Cic. Me molestia val- 
<le levarunt: utinam omnino liherassent. 
Id. Mult® omni ®re alieno liberate, 
mult® valdu levat®. Virg. Te fasce 
levabo, will relieve you of. Cic. se ®re 
alieno. — Hence, to cleanse, 'purify. 
.Martial, dentes penna. — Also, to free, 
liberate, release, disburden. Horat. ®grum 
ex prmcipiti. Cic. aliquem opinione. 
Liv. aliquem metu. Id. animos religio- 
ne. Varro. se vita. So, Plant. Me 
omnium laborum (gen.it.) levas. —Also, 
to refresh, relieve, set up, strengthen, re¬ 
store. Odd. Pars jacet, et mol! i grami- 
ne membra levat. Horat. Fomenta 
vulnus nil malum levantia. Id. fessos 
artus salutari arte. Curt. Vim morbi 
potione levaturus. So, Cic. Animi ex- 
ercitando levantur, are refreshed, reliev¬ 
ed. Hence, Odd. Levari luctu alicu- 
jus, to take delight in. — Also, to make 
lighter, h. e. to lessen, diminish, weaken, 
impair, reduce. Cic. Auctoritas levatur 
inconstantia. Id. suspicionem. Liv. 
invidiam. ’ Tacit. Levavitque, apertis 
horreis, pretia frugum. Horat. Malta 
fidern promissa levant. Odd. sitim 
fonte, to allay, slake. Id. famern fron- 
de. ' Cce.s. inopianr multum. Virg. 
omen, to allay, avert. — Also, to support, 
assist. Virg. aliquem auxilio. - 
IT Also, to lift, up, raise, elevate, aipai. 
Ovid, se de effispite, h. c. rises. Id. se 
saxo. Id. membra humo. Liv. se alis ; 
and, Colum. se, to fly up. Plin. Ignea 
vi levantur in sublime. Ovid. Paulum 
levatus, having raised himself. Liv. 
Guam se quisque levare veliet, wished 
to rise. So, Cic. (figur ) Ut me levarat 
tuus adventns, sic discessus nfflixit, lift¬ 
ed me up, refreshed me. — Hence, to take 
away, remove. Odd. Levat terga suis, 
nigro pendentia tigno, takes down. Virg. 
Jubet vincla levari viro. Pallad. ter¬ 
rain ab radicibus. Liv. Levasse super- 
impositum capiti decus, h. e. the cap. 
Hence, Quintil. (figur.) Consuetudine 
difficultas omnis levatur. — Also, to 
raise, receive, take. Pandect, tributum 
in earn civitatem. —— IT Levasso, for 
levavero. Enn. ap. Cic. 
LEVS (levis), or LATV5, as, avi, atum, 
a. 1. to make smooth, plane, polish, 
smooth, Xcioco. Cels. Levant id, quod 
exasperatum est, spodium, liebenns, 
gunimi. Lucret. Levare et radere tigna. 
Stat. mensas, to furbish. Cic. fragm. 
vultum. — Figur. in writings, Horat. 
nimis aspera, to smoothen, soften. - 
IT See, also, Levatus 
LEVOR (Id.), or L AT VAR, oris, m. smooth¬ 
'd ness. Cic. Multis inodis concurs et ap- 
tus redditus in levore consedit. Plin. 
in chartis. Lucre!. Levor (voci) levore 
(principiorum) creator. 
LEfjSQX, i, n. that part of the fir-tree, 
nearest the pith, which in tire larch-tree 
is called aegis. Plin. (Theopkr. calls it 
Xovaaovd) 
LEX (lego, ere, to choose, select, according 
to Cic.), legis, f. a proposal or proposi¬ 
tion far a law, which (at Rome ) was iiiade 
to the people by a magistrate from the ros¬ 
tra, a bill; thus, Legem ferre, to pro¬ 
pose, offer, present a hill to the people, to 
be acted upon ; Legem rogare, the same; 
Legem perferre, to carry through, for 
which Cic. and Liv. use, also, Legem 
ferre (of the magistrate who carried it 
through); Legem promulgare, to make 
publicly known, or to fix up, publish, so 
that every one may read it before it is 
voted upon ; Legem sciscere, or jubere 
(of the people), t.n accept, pass. For ex¬ 
ample, Cic. De. me retulisti, legem pro- 
mulgasti, tulisti. Id. Legem tulit, ne 
auspiciis obtemperaretur. Id. Legem 
de injuriis pnblicis tulisti Anagnino ne- 
scio cui, in favor of some person of Jlnag- 
nia. Vellei. Legem ferre ad populum. 
Liv. Legem promulgavit, pertulitque, 
ut, &c. Id. Legem centuriatis corni- 
tiis (consoles) tulere, ut, &c. carried 
through. Cic. Cum legem agrariam fer¬ 
ret (proposed): quam tamen antiquari 
(to be rejected, thrown out) facile passus 
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est. Id. Lex suffrages populi repinlirda 
eat, rejected. Id. Hanc tibi legem Clodiua 
scripsit, drew up, dictated. Id. Fgo Ic’cs 
perniciosas rogavi, proposed. Id* Legem 
sciscere (to pass) de re aliqua. Id. l’o- 
pulus R. legem jussit ( passed ) de civita- 
te tribuenda. Id. Legem accipere, u> 
accept, pass, adopt. -- IT Also, tlw bill 
or proposition, which, having received the 
approbation of the people in the comilia 
has become a law ; a law, ordinance, stat¬ 
ute, resolve, decree. Liv. Legem abro- 
gare, to annul, repeal. — And, in gene¬ 
ral, a law, &.c. whether in a free state or 
a monarchy. Liv. Leges regi®, origi¬ 
nating from the Roman kings. Id. Le*es 
duodecim tabularum. JYcpos. Hanc 
(legem) Epaminondas quum reipublicte 
conservand® causa latam ( passed, enact¬ 
ed) videret. Id. Leges Atheniensium, 
and Lacedaemoniorum. Cic. Leges im- 
ponere alicui, to impose. Id. Legem fa- 
cere, to make. Id. constituere alicui 
and Horat. Ponere leges, to make. Cic 
sai.cire, to make a law in whichisfiicdthc 
penalty for the transgression of the same. 
Liv. condere, to frame, digest.. Cic. Le- 
gibus aliquem solvere, to exempt from, 
give a dispensation from. Id. Leaem 
figere, to post, up. Ovid. Per leges "ire, 
to submit to, comply with. — Lege, accord¬ 
ing to the law ; or, rather, by law, by virtue 
of the law. Tcrent. Ejus morte ea ad 
me lege redierunt bona. JYcpos. Ut de 
eo legibus fieret judicium. Id. Neque 
legibus Atheniensium emitti (e custo- 
dia) poterat.— Hence, Lege agere, to 
proceed by law ; for instance, Liv. of a 
lictor, when he executes the sentence 
of a judge; also, Cic. to bring an action 
by or according to a law, which gives the 
power of brinoing such action, for which 
JYcpos. has Experiri legibus; so, Sueton. 
riuribus legibus agere, to bring repeated 
actions. In its widest sense, it includes 
whatever is done before the prator ac¬ 
cording to law, for the purpose of main¬ 
taining one’s right; as, vindicatio, in 
jure cessio, &c.; to which jus dicere, or 
rcddcrc, on the part of the prater, cor¬ 
responds. (See Cic. Mur. li.and Ovid. 
East. 1, 47.) — Lex is also followed by 
ut; as, Cic. Lex est, ut, &c.-IT Al¬ 
so, a law, rule, which one prescribes to 
himself. Cic. Legem sibi statuere. — 
Hence, a habit, or way, which one has 
adopted and lives by, as if it were a law. 
Tcrent. Mea. lege utar, ut potior sit, 
qui prior ad dandum est, my rule, mil 
wont, my way. -IT Also, rule, precept, 
canon; for instance, of an art or sci¬ 
ence. Cic. Versibus est certa lex. Id. 
Hanc ad legem formanda est oratio. 
Gell. Secundum Grammatical!! legem. 
Cic. Populis leges vivendi dare. Ovid. 
Legem dicere alicui. — Hence, a natu¬ 
ral law, prescribed rule or way. Ovid. 
Gua sidera lege mearent. — Also, man¬ 
ner, quality, nature. Ovid. Hasc ex lege 
loci commoda Circus habet. Id. (de 
Polvpo) Sub lege loci mntat colorem. 
Calp. Gua lege. — Also, circumstances, 
situation of a thing. Cic. Optima lege, 
with the best circumstances or advantages. 
— Also, regularity, order, method; lor 
instance, Sine lege, without rule, irregu¬ 
larly, in disorder, confusedly, not ojtrr the 
proper order. Ovid. Capilli jaeent spars! 
sine lege. Id. Equi sine lege mum 
Sencc. Legem dare capillis, li. c. to ar¬ 
range, set in order. - IT Also, everj 
contract, stipulated agreement, covenant. 
Cic. inancipii, of sale. Id. Lex cen 
ria, and Lex (absol.), a contract iclMhW 
censors (or others also) laid befinc 
dertakers or farmers, and concluded 
them; a deed of conveyance. Id. Le* 
operefaciundo, h. e. lexCensoria, 
locatio operis faciund. a Censore prop£ 
sita. Id. Legem edicere, to make this 
contract public,. Id. Lex 1 • A 
form defining the extent of tJl f, esla % _Z 
the conditions on which it had been sold. 
It is often only n sin i’f.P om ^ h f s 
tion of a contract, a condition of the sMV 
and, also, a condition, generally. 0 
Accipiunt legem, the ™ nd $2conlZ- 
g y ngraphi le f 1 data in 
Vircr. Le"es ffjpder]&. uv- 1 ■ , . 
has leges, upon these tenns., ^ ^ 
conditions. Tercnt. Ea lege aique 
