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Latin
Etymology
From Laevus (agnomen and cognomen) + -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from laevus (“left; clumsy; unlucky”) + -ius. Compare Plancus & Plancius and Plautus & Plautius.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Laevius m sg (genitive Laeviī or Laevī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" — famously held by:
- Laevius, a Latin poet
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Laevius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Laevius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.