Scaevius
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Scaeva (“agnomen & cognomen”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”), from scaevus (“left; left-handed; clumsy; very lucky or unlucky”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskae̯.u̯i.us/, [ˈs̠käe̯u̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃe.vi.us/, [ˈʃɛːvius]
Proper noun
editScaevius m sg (genitive Scaeviī or Scaevī); second declension
- a nomen (nomen gentile), a plebeian Roman family name
Declension
editSecond-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
editReferences
edit- “P. Scaevius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray