Laevinus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Laevus (“cognomen”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming diminutives”) or directly from laevus (“left; clumsy; foolish; unlucky”) + -īnus. Compare the similar cognomen pairs Paetus and Paetinus and Luscus and Luscinus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lae̯ˈu̯iː.nus/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈu̯iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈvi.nus/, [leˈviːnus]
Proper noun edit
Laevīnus m sg (genitive Laevīnī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Laevīnus |
| Genitive | Laevīnī |
| Dative | Laevīnō |
| Accusative | Laevīnum |
| Ablative | Laevīnō |
| Vocative | Laevīne |
References edit
- “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.