lev-ar:(tr.) to lift (up); to raise (from below); -ar
su: to arise, get up; -ilo: lifting instrument; -o-skrubo:
screw-jack; -ar la shultri: to shrug the shoulders; -ponto:
lifting-bridge. Ex.: Levar la pedo, la manuo, la ankro. V.exp.:
vid. elevar. — eFIS
lever-o:(mechan.) lever, handspike; fer- -o:
crowbar. — EFI
leviatan-o:(pr. and fig.) leviathan. — DEFIRS
levit-o: Levite. — DEFIRS
levrier-o, -ulo, -ino: greyhound. — FIS
lexik-o: lexicon, dictionary (esp. of Greek, Latin,
Hebrew); (cf. vort-aro, vorto-libro). — DEFIRS
lexikograf-o: lexicographer. — DEFIS
lexikografi-o: lexicography. — DEFIS
lexikologi-o: lexicology; -isto: lexicologist.
— DEFIS
lez-ar:(tr., physiol., jur.) to injure, hurt,
wrong; -o, -uro: (jur.) wrong, injury; (med.)
lesion. — DeFIS
li: they (in general); (cf. il); -a, -i:(adj.) their(s). — IS
lian-o:(bot.) liana, bind-weed, creeper; any
woody, climbing and twining plant. — DEFIRS
lias-o:(geol.) Lias. — DEFIS
libacion-ar:(intr.) to offer up libations; -o:
libation, potation. — DEFIS
libel-o*: libella: an instrument which measures levels:
(water-) level.
libelul-o:(ent.) libellulid: dragon-fly;
(Libellula). — DeFIS
liber-a: free; -e: freely; -o, -ulo, -ino: a
free person; -ala: (of books, arts, education, principles,
political parties, etc.) liberal; -alo: a liberal,
liberalist; -al-eso, -ismo: liberalism; -es-ana, -ano:
libertarian; -igar: to discharge, liberate, free; -igo:
deliverance, liberation; -ig-anta: liberating, freeing,
rescuing; -tempo: leisure, spare time; (cf. ocio); tempal
hom-ulo: a man of leisure; en -a aero: in the open
air; ne- -a balon-ego: a captive baloon; ne- -eso:
captivity (cf. kapt-it-eso); -kambio: free-trade; -kambi-isto:
free-trader; -pens-ado: free-thinking; -pens-eso:
free-thought. — EFIS
libertin-a:(esp. of the imagination, mind)
unrestrained, wayward, flighty (to an excessive degree); -(ul)o:
one characterized by excessive freedom in thought, manners,
habits, morals; (N.B. not E. libertine: cf: debocho); -eso:
libertinism (obs. sense), -esar: to be free from
restraint, to go to excess. — V. exp.: Libertineso
signifikas troa libereso di penso e di ago, aparte pri mori. Ne
sinonima di debocho: on povas esar libertina per penso e
per paroli. La primitiva senco (konforma a l’etimologio)
esas liber-pensanto; IV-13. — DeFIS
libr-o: book, volume (cf. tomo); -eto:
booklet; (mus.) libretto; -et-isto: (mus.)
librettist; -isto, -vend-isto: book seller, -aro:
collection of books, a library – books alone; cf. biblioteko).
— eFIS
librac-o*:(astron.) libration: an apparent
oscillatory motion (as of moon). — DEFI
lic-o:(ancient) lists; (modern) track, race
course. Def.: Voyo preparita specala (ed enklozita) per
konkursala kuri (sive di kavali, sive di homi, sive bicikli,
automobili, e.c.); IV-454. V. exp.: vid. areno. — eFIS
licenc-ar:(tr.) to grant a license, give
(official) permission (to sell spirits, to teach, etc.); -o:
license, licensing; (poetic) license; deviation from
strict fact, form or rule (by artist or writer); licentiate: a
European university degree between that of bachelor and doctor;
M.A. degree (= L licentia docendi ), -iero: (univ.)
licentiate, an M.A.; -oza, -ema: uncurbed. — DeFIRS
lienteri-o*:(med.) lientery: a kind of diarrhoea.
lietnant-o: lieutenant; -eso: (rank)
lieutenancy; -kolonelo: lieutenant-colonel. — DEFIRS
lig-ar:(tr.) to bind (down), tie (up), fasten,
attach; -(ad)o, -eso, -uro: (act, state, result)
binding, fastening; league (association; cf. federo); (anat.)
ligature; -ajo: something bound together, a bundle; -ilo:
lash, band, strap (for tying); (fig.) bond (as of
matrimony); hund-lig-ilo: dog leash; kun- -ar: to
tie together. — eFIRS
ligament-o*:(anat.) ligament. — DEFIS
lign-o: wood (the material); -a, -ala, -oza, -atra:
woody, ligneous; -o-mort-inta: dead wood; -o-shuo:
wooden shoe, sabot; -o-bloko: block of wood, log; -o-paneli:
wainscotting; -o-trepano: auger; -o-martelo:
mallet; -inkrust-ado, -uro: marquetry. — eFIS
lignin-o*: lignin. — DEFIS
lignit-o: lignite. — DEFIRS