levito

See also: levitó and levitò

Catalan

Verb

levito

first-person singular present indicative of levitar

Esperanto

Noun

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

singular past nominal passive participle of levi

Italian

Verb

levito

first-person singular present indicative of levitare

Latin

Etymology

Attested as early as the 1520s in the works of Agostino Nifo (c. 1473 – 1538 or 1545); from levis +‎ -itō, or by metanalysis of levitās.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.wɪ.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.vi.to]

Verb

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

(New Latin, intransitive) to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity; to levitate
Coordinate term: gravitō
- 1525, Suessanus (Agostino Nifo), De Celo et Mundo (Latin translation of Aristoteles' On the Heavens), page 157:
  […] aer deſcẽdit a regione ignis.⁊ aſcẽdit a regione terrę ⁊ aquę:ergo aer grauitat ⁊ leuitat in loco eius medio.
  [ […] aer descendit a regione ignis et ascendit a regione terrae et aquae: ergo aer gravitat et levitat in loco eius medio.]
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- 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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	levitā		—	—	levitāte		—
active	future	—	levitātō		levitātō	—	levitātōte		levitantō
passive	present	—	levitāre		—	—	levitāminī		—
passive	future	—	levitātor		levitātor	—	—		levitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

first-person singular present indicative of levitar

Spanish

Verb

levito

first-person singular present indicative of levitar