levito

See also: levitó and levitò

Catalan

Verb

levito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of levitar

Esperanto

Noun

levito (accusative singular leviton, plural levitoj, accusative plural levitojn)

  1. singular past nominal passive participle of levi

Italian

Verb

levito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of levitare

Latin

Etymology

First attested in the 1670's; modeled on gravitō; by surface analysis, levis +‎ -itō.

Pronunciation

Verb

levitō (present infinitive levitāre, perfect active levitāvī, supine levitātum); first conjugation

  1. (New Latin, intransitive) to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity; to levitate
    Coordinate term: gravitō
    • 1670, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, “Liber I. XIV, Nautica Aetherea. Ars navigandi supra Aërem. Nota VIII, De corporum Caeleſtium gravitate. Numerus MLCCVIII”, in Mathesis biceps, page 758:
      Quod, ſi dicāntur Lunae partes in Regione Lunae neque gravitare, neq; levitare, at ſupra ipſam regionem gravitare, infra levitare; […]
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    • 1671, Jodocus Perret and Franz Volmar, “Dissertatio III. De Elementis. CCLXXI”, in Placita Philosophica, page 222:
      Licèt tamen contendamus, Terram, & Aquam gravitare; Ignémque cum Aëre levitare, ſive illa principium motûs deorſum, haec verò principium motûs ſurſum actu exercere
      It needs be affirmed the earth and water to gravitate, whereas fire and air levitate, this is to say, the former move downward, the latter upward.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of levitō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present levitō levitās levitat levitāmus levitātis levitant
imperfect levitābam levitābās levitābat levitābāmus levitābātis levitābant
future levitābō levitābis levitābit levitābimus levitābitis levitābunt
perfect levitāvī levitāvistī levitāvit levitāvimus levitāvistis levitāvērunt,
levitāvēre
pluperfect levitāveram levitāverās levitāverat levitāverāmus levitāverātis levitāverant
future perfect levitāverō levitāveris levitāverit levitāverimus levitāveritis levitāverint
passive present levitor levitāris,
levitāre 		levitātur levitāmur levitāminī levitantur
imperfect levitābar levitābāris,
levitābāre 		levitābātur levitābāmur levitābāminī levitābantur
future levitābor levitāberis,
levitābere 		levitābitur levitābimur levitābiminī levitābuntur
perfect levitātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect levitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect levitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present levitem levitēs levitet levitēmus levitētis levitent
imperfect levitārem levitārēs levitāret levitārēmus levitārētis levitārent
perfect levitāverim levitāverīs levitāverit levitāverīmus levitāverītis levitāverint
pluperfect levitāvissem levitāvissēs levitāvisset levitāvissēmus levitāvissētis levitāvissent
passive present leviter levitēris,
levitēre 		levitētur levitēmur levitēminī levitentur
imperfect levitārer levitārēris,
levitārēre 		levitārētur levitārēmur levitārēminī levitārentur
perfect levitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect levitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — levitā — — levitāte —
future — levitātō levitātō — levitātōte levitantō
passive present — levitāre — — levitāminī —
future — levitātor levitātor — — levitantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present levitāre levitārī levitāns —
future levitātūrum esse levitātum īrī levitātūrus levitandus
perfect levitāvisse levitātum esse — levitātus
future perfect — levitātum fore — —
perfect potential levitātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
levitandī levitandō levitandum levitandō levitātum levitātū

Descendants

  • Catalan: levitar
  • English: levitate
  • French: léviter
  • Italian: levitare
  • Portuguese: levitar
  • Spanish: levitar

Portuguese

Verb

levito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of levitar

Spanish

Verb

levito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of levitar
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