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1 scaevus
scaevus, a, um, adj. [kindred with Sanscr. savya, laevus, sinister, as the Gr. skaios and the Germ. schief, oblique], left, that is on the left, towards the left side (rare; most freq. in Appul.; syn. laevus, sinister).I.Lit.:II.itinera portarum,
i. e. running from right to left, Vitr. 1, 5, 2:iter,
Serv. Verg. A. 3, 351.—Trop.A.Awkward, perverse, stupid, silly:B.scaevus profecto et caecus animi forem, si, etc.,
Gell. 12, 13, 4:mulier,
App. M. 9, p. 223, 22:scaevus iste Romulus,
Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 5 Dietsch:fabula,
Paul. Nol. Carm. 11, 44.—Of fortune, unfavorable, untoward, unlucky: fortunam scaevam an saevam verius dixerim, App. M. 2, p. 120, 21:praesagium,
id. ib. 10, p. 247; 7, p. 194, 39.— Sup.:scaevissimum somnium,
App. M. 4, p. 154, 23.—Hence, subst.: scaeva, ae, f., a sign or token in the sky (observed by a Roman on his left; v. laevus), an omen: bonae scaevae causă...Ea dicta ab scaevā id est sinistră, quod quae sinistra sunt, bona auspicia existimantur...a Graeco est, quod hi sinistram vocant skaian, Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 325 ib.:bona scaeva est mihi,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 39; so,bona,
id. Stich. 5, 2, 24:canina scaeva,
taken from the barking of a dog, id. Cas. 5, 4, 4.
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