Laevinus

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Latin

Etymology

From Laevus (cognomen) +‎ -īnus (-ine, diminutive suffix) or directly from laevus (left; clumsy; foolish; unlucky) +‎ -īnus. Compare the similar cognomen pairs Paetus and Paetinus and Luscus and Luscinus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Laevīnus m sg (genitive Laevīnī); second declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gens Valeria

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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.