Scaevius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Scaeva (“agnomen & cognomen”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”), from scaevus (“left; left-handed; clumsy; very lucky or unlucky”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskae̯.u̯i.us/, [ˈs̠käe̯u̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃe.vi.us/, [ˈʃɛːvius]
Proper noun edit
Scaevius m sg (genitive Scaeviī or Scaevī); second declension
- a nomen (nomen gentile), a plebeian Roman family name
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Scaevius |
| Genitive | Scaeviī Scaevī1 |
| Dative | Scaeviō |
| Accusative | Scaevium |
| Ablative | Scaeviō |
| Vocative | Scaevī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
See also edit
References edit
- “P. Scaevius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray