levitas

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

levitās (1) ātis, f

1 levis, lightness : armorum, Cs.: sua, O.—Poet.: nimiā levitate caducus (flos), mobility , O.: libera, power to move , O.—Fig., light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity : Graecorum: quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?: mobilitas et levitas animi, Cs.: amatoriis levitatibus dediti, frivolities .—As subst n. : in levi habere, i. e. to regard as trifling , Ta.—Of speech, shallowness, superficiality : opinionis.