laevam

laevam is a Latin form of laevus, meaning “left, on the left; unlucky; foolish; (laeva) the left hand”.

It can also be a form of laeva, “left hand”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or accusative singular feminine adjective.

Found 49 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 4.36: … is quidem virtute una contentus sit, sed appetat vacuitatem doloris. quam ob rem utrique idem faciunt, ut si laevam partem neglegerent, dexteram tuerentur, aut ipsius animi, ut fecit Erillus, cognitionem amplexarentur, action …

Suetonius, Otho 11.2: … set, foribus adopertis artissimo somno quieuit. et circa lucem demum expergefactus uno se traiecit ictu infra laeuam papillam irrumpentibusque ad primum gemitum modo celans modo detegens plagam exanimatus est et celeriter, nam …

All forms of laevus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.