scaevus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *skaiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos. Cognates include Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós, “rude; brusque”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskae̯.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈʃɛː.vus]
Adjective
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
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | scaevus | scaeva | scaevum | scaevī | scaevae | scaeva | |
| genitive | scaevī | scaevae | scaevī | scaevōrum | scaevārum | scaevōrum | |
| dative | scaevō | scaevae | scaevō | scaevīs | |||
| accusative | scaevum | scaevam | scaevum | scaevōs | scaevās | scaeva | |
| ablative | scaevō | scaevā | scaevō | scaevīs | |||
| vocative | scaeve | scaeva | scaevum | scaevī | scaevae | scaeva | |
Derived terms
See also
References
- “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), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN