levans

English

Noun

levans

1. plural of levan

Anagrams

• Valens, elvans, navels, snavel

Latin

Etymology 1

Present active participle of levō (“lift, raise”).

Participle

levāns (genitive levantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. lifting, raising
2. lightening, making light
3. relieving, easing, comforting
4. mitigating, alleviating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	levāns			levantēs	levantia
genitive	levantis			levantium
dative	levantī			levantibus
accusative	levantem	levāns		levantēs levantīs	levantia
ablative	levante levantī1			levantibus
vocative	levāns			levantēs	levantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Galician: levante
• Istriot: Livante
• Italian: levante
• Old French: levant
  • French: levant, Levant
  • → English: Levant
• Portuguese: levante
• Sicilian: livanti
• Spanish: levante

Etymology 2

Present active participle of lēvō (“smooth, polish”).

Participle

lēvāns (genitive lēvantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. smoothing, polishing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	lēvāns			lēvantēs	lēvantia
genitive	lēvantis			lēvantium
dative	lēvantī			lēvantibus
accusative	lēvantem	lēvāns		lēvantēs lēvantīs	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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)