levator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

levator (plural levatores or levators)

1. (agent noun) One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:
   2. Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.

      Hyponyms: levator anguli oris, levator ani, levator costae, levator labii superioris, levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, levator palpebrae superioris, levator prostatae, levator scapulae, levator veli palatini

   4. A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.

Antonyms

• depressor

Coordinate terms

• (type of muscle): See Category:en:Muscles
• (type of instrument): See instruments used in general surgery

Derived terms

• levator labiorum

Related terms

• elevator, elevate
• levitator, levitate
• lever (doublet)

References

• “levator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “levator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Tervola, love rat

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leˈu̯aː.tor/, [ɫ̪eˈu̯äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈva.tor/, [leˈväːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From levō (“to lift up, raise, elevate”) +‎ -tor (“-ator, -er”).

Noun

levātor m (genitive levātōris, feminine levātrīx); third declension

1. lifter, thief
2. (New Latin) one that lifts or raises

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	levātor	levātōrēs
genitive	levātōris	levātōrum
dative	levātōrī	levātōribus
accusative	levātōrem	levātōrēs
ablative	levātōre	levātōribus
vocative	levātor	levātōrēs

Descendants

• → English: levator

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

levātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of levō

References

• “levator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• levator 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)
• levator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.