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Latin
Etymology
From contraction of laevica, from Laevus (“agnomen and cognomen”) + -ica (“-ic: forming adjectives”) or directly from laevus (“left; left-handed; clumsy; unlucky”) + -ica.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Laeca m sg (genitive Laecae); first declension
- a cognomen used by the gens Porcia
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Laeca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Laeca 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.