levator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin levator. Doublet of lever.

Noun

levator (plural levators or levatores)

(anatomy) lifting muscle
(anatomy, specifically) The levator palpebrae superioris muscle.

Antonyms

depressor

Anagrams

Tervola, love rat

Latin

Verb

levātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of levō
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, 1883–1887)
levator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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