laevus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwos (“left (side)”). Schrijver reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *lh₂eywo- on account of the accentuation of Serbo-Croatian леви (lȇvī, “left”), though De Vaan alternatively considers the aforementioned *leh₂iwos both possible and supported by the Greek and Tocharian evidence. Cognates include Ancient Greek λαιός (laiós, “left, awkward”), Old Church Slavonic лѣвъ (lěvŭ, “left”), and Tocharian B laiwo (“lassitude”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫae̯.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.vus] === Adjective === laevus (feminine laeva, neuter laevum); first/second-declension adjective left; on the left side Synonyms: scaevus, sinister Antonym: dexter (figuratively) clumsy, awkward (figuratively) foolish unlucky ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: levo- ⇒ English: levulose →? Etruscan: 𐌋𐌀𐌉𐌅𐌄 (laive) → Italian: levo ==== See also ==== ambi- === References === === Further reading === “laevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “laevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “laevus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.