scaevus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *skaiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos. Cognates include Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós, “rude; brusque”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskae̯.u̯us/, [ˈs̠käe̯u̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃe.vus/, [ˈʃɛːvus]
Adjective[edit]
scaevus (feminine scaeva, neuter scaevum); first/second-declension adjective
- left; on the left side
- (figuratively) clumsy
- unlucky
- powerfully influenced by luck (fortuna), for good or bad
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | scaevus | scaeva | scaevum | scaevī | scaevae | scaeva | |
| Genitive | scaevī | scaevae | scaevī | scaevōrum | scaevārum | scaevōrum | |
| Dative | scaevō | scaevō | scaevīs | ||||
| Accusative | scaevum | scaevam | scaevum | scaevōs | scaevās | scaeva | |
| Ablative | scaevō | scaevā | scaevō | scaevīs | |||
| Vocative | scaeve | scaeva | scaevum | scaevī | scaevae | scaeva | |
Derived terms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “scaevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scaevus 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)
- scaevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN