levennaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ɫɛˈwɛn.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [leˈvɛn.na]

名詞

levenna m (genitive levennae); first declension

1. (hapax legomenon) The exact meaning of this term is uncertain; it is attested only by mention in a passage equating the meanings of homo levenna and levis. Possible meanings include:
   1. a wimp, per Ostler
   2. a distracted, absent-minded person
   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 16.7.11:

     Atque item in mimo, qui Saturnalia inscriptus est, botulum pro farcimine appellat et hominem levennam pro levi.

     And also in the farce entitled Saturnalia, he says 'botulus' for 'farcīmen' and 'homo levenna' for 'levis'.

使用する際の注意点

• Mentioned once in a passage by Aulus Gellius about unusual words used in the works of Decimus Laberius (c. 105 BC – 43 BC).

語形変化

First-declension noun.

参照

Further reading

• “lĕvenna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lĕvenna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 903/1.
• “leuenna” on page 1,019/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)