Laevius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Laevus (agnomen and cognomen) +‎ -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from laevus (“left; clumsy; unlucky”) +‎ -ius. Compare Plancus & Plancius and Plautus & Plautius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫae̯.wi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.vi.us] === Proper noun === Laevius m sg (genitive Laeviī or Laevī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" — famously held by: Laevius, a Latin poet ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 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.