Laevinus

Latin

Etymology

From Laevus (“cognomen”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine: forming diminutives”) or directly from laevus (“left; clumsy; foolish; unlucky”) +‎ -īnus. Compare the similar cognomen pairs Paetus and Paetinus and Luscus and Luscinus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lae̯ˈu̯iː.nus/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈu̯iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈvi.nus/, [leˈviːnus]

Proper noun

Laevīnus m sg (genitive Laevīnī); second declension

1. a cognomen used by the gens Valeria

   Marcus Valerius Laevinus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Laevīnus
Genitive	Laevīnī
Dative	Laevīnō
Accusative	Laevīnum
Ablative	Laevīnō
Vocative	Laevīne

References

• “Laevinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Laevinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.