Scaeva

See also: scaeva

Translingual

Scaeva pyrastri

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Scaeva f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Aschiza - section; Syrphoidea - superfamily; Syrphidae - family; Syrphinae - subfamily; Syrphini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Scaeva affinis, Scaeva pyrastri, Scaeva selenitica - selected species

References

• Scaeva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scaeva on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scaeva on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scaeva at BugGuide
• Scaeva at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Scaeva at the Catalogue of Life 
• Scaeva at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Latin

Etymology

From scaeva (“left; left-handed; clumsy; unlucky”), from Proto-Italic *skaiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos.

Proper noun

Scaeva m sg (genitive Scaevae); first declension

1. a cognomen used by the gentes Junia, Sibidiena, Publicia, and others

   Decimus Junius Brutus Scaeva

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Scaeva
Genitive	Scaevae
Dative	Scaevae
Accusative	Scaevam
Ablative	Scaevā
Vocative	Scaeva

Derived terms

• Scaevilius
• Scaevinia
• Scaevius
• Scaevola

 

References

• “Scaeva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.