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sub-lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lift up from beneath, to raise up, hold up, support (class.: esp. freq. in the trop. sense; syn.: extollo, erigo).

  1. I. Lit.: qui nos sibi quondam ad pedes stratos ne sublevabat quidem, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3: in ascensu sublevati, Caes. B. C. 2, 34; id. B. G. 7, 47: alterni innixi sublevantesque invicem et trahentes alii alios, Liv. 5, 47, 2; 28, 20, 5; cf.: jubis equorum sublevati, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: erigere se aut sublevare, id. ib. 6, 27: terrā sublevat ipsum, Verg. A. 10, 831: apes regem fessum umeris sublevant, Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54: inter manus sublevantium exstinctus est, Suet. Vesp. 34 et saep.: mentum sinistrā, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63: retia furcis, Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31: oculos, Vulg. Joan. 6, 5.
  2. II. Trop., to sustain, support, assist, encourage, console any one in misfortune (syn.: auxilior, subvenio, lenio, sedo): aratores (opp. evertere), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215: homines defendere et sublevare, id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5: aliquem (opp. deridere), id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80: aliquem (opp. laedere), id. Caecin. 9, 23: graviter eos accusat, quod tam necessario tempore ab iis non sublevetur, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: oppidanos re frumentariā, Hirt. B. G. 8, 34: provincias liberalitate, Suet. Tib. 48: ad sublevandos alios, Nep. Epam. 3, 4.
    Of things: hic est status, qui unā voce omnium gemitur neque verbo cujusquam sublevatur, Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1.
    1. B. To lighten, qualify, alleviate, mitigate, lessen an evil, to assuage: non denique aliquo mediocri vitio tot tantaque ejus vitia sublevata esse videbuntur, Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 47: res adversae sublevantur, id. Sull. 27, 75: fortunam industriā, Caes. B. C. 3, 73: omnium rerum inopiam, id. ib. 3, 80: militum laborem, id. B. G. 6, 32: hominum pericula, Cic. Mur. 4, 8: calamitates hominum, id. Tusc. 4, 20, 46: una illa sublevanda offensio est, id. Lael. 24, 88: fugam pecuniā, Nep. Att. 2: odia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 3, 1: blandimentum sublevavit metum, Tac. A. 14, 4: nominis noyitatem dicendi gloriā maxime sublevabis, will compensate for, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 2.