laevum

laevum is a Latin form of laevus, meaning “left, on the left; unlucky; foolish; (laeva) the left hand”. It is the genitive plural neuter adjective or genitive plural masculine adjective or accusative singular masculine adjective or nominative singular neuter adjective.

Found 78 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Aeneid 2.693: intonuit laevum, et de caelo lapsa per umbras

Tibullus, Elegiae 3.7.104: dexter uti laeuum teneat dextrumque sinister

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 4.13.35: Inpedimenta cum captivis, inter quos mater liberique Darei custodiebantur, haud procul acie in edito colle constituit modico praesidio relicto. Laevum cornu, sicut alias, Parmenioni tuendum datum, ipse in dextro stabat.

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.