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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *skaiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos. Cognates include Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós, “rude; brusque”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
scaevus (feminine scaeva, neuter scaevum); first/second-declension adjective
- left; on the left side
- Synonyms: laevus, sinister
- Antonym: dexter
- (figuratively) clumsy
- unlucky
- powerfully influenced by luck (fortuna), for good or bad
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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