laevusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwo-. Cognates include Ancient Greek λαιός (laiós, “left, awkward”) and Old Church Slavonic лѣвъ (lěvŭ, “left”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlae̯.u̯us/, [ˈɫ̪äe̯u̯os̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vus/, [ˈlɛːvus]

形容詞

laevus (feminine laeva, neuter laevum); first/second-declension adjective

1. left; on the left side

   Synonyms: scaevus, sinister

   Antonym: dexter

2. (by extension) awkward, foolish
3. (figuratively) unlucky

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

関連する語

• laeva
• laevē
• Laevius
• laevorsum

派生した語

• → English: levo-
  • ⇒ English: levulose
• →? Etruscan: ���������� (laive)
• Italian: levo

参考

• ambi-

参照

• 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