Laevius

Latin

Etymology

From Laevus (“agnomen and cognomen”) +‎ -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”) or directly from laevus (“left; clumsy; unlucky”) +‎ -ius. Compare Plancus & Plancius and Plautus & Plautius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlae̯.u̯i.us/, [ˈɫ̪äe̯u̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vi.us/, [ˈlɛːvius]

Proper noun

Laevius m sg (genitive Laeviī or Laevī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" — famously held by:
   1. Laevius, a Latin poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Laevius
Genitive	Laeviī Laevī1
Dative	Laeviō
Accusative	Laevium
Ablative	Laeviō
Vocative	Laevī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Laeviānus

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.