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

1. left; on the left side

   Synonyms: laevus, sinister

   Antonym: dexter

2. (figuratively) clumsy
3. unlucky
4. 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

• Scaeva
• Scaevilius
• Scaevinia
• scaevitas
• Scaevius
• Scaevola

See also

• ambi-

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