levamentum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lĕvāmentum, i, n. [1. levo],

an alleviation, mitigation, consolation, comfort (class.): miseriarum, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53: doloris, Plin. Ep. 8, 19: sine levamento, Tac. A. 4, 66: tributi, id. H. 1, 8: nec aliud levamentum quam si certis sub legibus militia iniretur, id. A. 1, 17: praestare, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 23: mihi illam rem fore levamento, Cic. Att. 12, 43, 1.

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