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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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|lshtext=<b>laevus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. Gr. [[λαιός]],<br /><b>I</b> [[left]], on the [[left]] [[side]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; syn.: [[sinister]], [[scaevus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ut [[idem]] [[nunc]] [[sit]] [[laevus]]; et e laevo [[sit]] mutua [[dexter]], Lucr. 4, 301 (325): [[manus]], Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145: ab [[laeva]] manu, Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 1: [[habeo]] [[equidem]] [[hercle]] oculum. Py. At laevom [[dico]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 24: [[latus]], Ov. M. 12, 415: [[auris]] id. ib. 12, 336: pes, id. ib. 12, 101: [[umerus]], id. H. 9, 62: [[Pontus]], [[lying]] to the [[left]], id. P. 4, 9, 119: [[iter]], Verg. A. 5, 170: [[habena]], Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 12: [[amnis]], the [[left]] [[bank]], Tac. A. 2, 8: laevā in parte mamillae, Juv. 7, 159. —<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.<br /> <b>1</b> [[laeva]], ae, f.<br /> <b>(a)</b> (Sc. [[manus]].) The [[left]] [[hand]]: opsecro te hanc per dexteram, perque hanc sororem laevam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 9: Ilionea petit dextrā, laevāque Serestum, Verg. A. 1, 611; id. ib. 2, 552; 7, 188: cognovi [[clipeum]] laevae gestamina nostrae, Ov. M. 15, 163; id. ib. 4, 782; 8, 321: [[hinc]] [[factum]] est ut [[usus]] anulorum exemtus dexterae, in laevam relegaretur, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; so, [[dextera]] laevaque, Juv. 6, 561; 658.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> (Sc. [[pars]].) The [[left]] [[side]]: laevam cuncta [[cohors]] remis ventisque petivit, Verg. A. 3, 563: laevam pete, go to the [[left]], Ov. M. 3, 642.—Esp. freq. adv.: laevā, on the [[left]] [[side]], on the [[left]]: dextrā montibus, laevā Tiberi amne saeptus, on the [[left]], Liv. 4, 32: dextrā laevāque duo maria claudunt, id. 21, 43: so, a laevā: [[Diana]] facem jacit a [[laeva]], Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. Rel. v. 55 Vahl.); Vulg. Exod. 14, 22.—So, ad laevam, in laevam, to the [[left]], on the [[left]]: [[ante]], et [[pone]]; ad laevam, et ad dexteram, Cic. Univ. 13: si in laevam detorserit, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.—<br /> <b>2</b> In neutr.: laevum, on the [[left]] ([[poet]].): intonuit laevum, Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631: laevum extendere comas, Juv. 6, 495: in laevum, adverbially, to the [[left]]: fleximus in laevum [[cursus]], Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 17: dixit in laevum [[conversus]], Juv. 4, 120 (Jahn, in laevam).— Plur.: [[laeva]], ōrum, n., places [[lying]] on the [[left]]: [[laeva]] tenent [[Thetis]] et [[Melite]], Verg. A. 5, 825: Thracen et [[laeva]] Propontidos intrat, Ov. F. 5, 257.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Awkward, [[stupid]], [[foolish]], [[silly]]: si [[mens]] non [[laeva]] fuisset, Verg. E. 1, 16; id. A. 2, 54: o ego [[laevus]], Qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam, Hor. A. P. 301.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[ill]] [[omen]], unfavorable, [[inconvenient]]; [[unfortunate]], [[unlucky]], [[bad]], [[pernicious]]: [[Sirius]] laevo contristat lumine [[caelum]], Verg. A. 10, 275: [[peccatum]] [[fateor]], cum te sic tempore laevo Interpellarim, Hor. S. 2, 4, 4: teque nec [[laevus]] vetat [[ire]] [[picus]], id. C. 3, 27, 15: laevo monitu pueros producit avaros, Juv. 14, 228: [[omen]], Val. Fl. 6, 70: [[ignis]], i. e. a [[pestilence]], Stat. Th. 1, 634; Claud. Idyll. 2, 92; Sil. 1, 464 Rupert; so, numina [[laeva]] (opp. [[dextra]] or propitia), unfavorable gods, [[hostile]] deities, Verg. G. 4, 7 Jahn and Forbig. ad loc.: impia Cappadocum [[tellus]] et numine laevo Visa [[tibi]], Mart. 6, 85, 3; Sil. 14, 494; 15, 512; Arn. adv. Gent. 3, 26.—<br /> <b>C</b> In the [[language]] of augurs, [[fortunate]], [[lucky]], [[propitious]] ([[because]] the Romans, by [[turning]] [[their]] faces to the [[south]], had the [[eastern]] signs on [[their]] [[left]] [[hand]]; v. [[sinister]]): [[laeva]] prospera existimantur, [[quoniam]] laevā parte mundi [[ortus]] est, Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142; cf. Liv. 1, 18: omina, Phaedr. 3, 18, 12: [[tonitru]] dedit omina laevo [[Juppiter]], Ov. F. 4, 833; cf. Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631 (I. B. 2 [[supra]]).—Hence, adv.: laevē, [[awkwardly]], [[wrongly]] ([[poet]].), Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 52. | |lshtext=<b>laevus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. Gr. [[λαιός]],<br /><b>I</b> [[left]], on the [[left]] [[side]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; syn.: [[sinister]], [[scaevus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ut [[idem]] [[nunc]] [[sit]] [[laevus]]; et e laevo [[sit]] mutua [[dexter]], Lucr. 4, 301 (325): [[manus]], Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145: ab [[laeva]] manu, Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 1: [[habeo]] [[equidem]] [[hercle]] oculum. Py. At laevom [[dico]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 24: [[latus]], Ov. M. 12, 415: [[auris]] id. ib. 12, 336: pes, id. ib. 12, 101: [[umerus]], id. H. 9, 62: [[Pontus]], [[lying]] to the [[left]], id. P. 4, 9, 119: [[iter]], Verg. A. 5, 170: [[habena]], Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 12: [[amnis]], the [[left]] [[bank]], Tac. A. 2, 8: laevā in parte mamillae, Juv. 7, 159. —<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.<br /> <b>1</b> [[laeva]], ae, f.<br /> <b>(a)</b> (Sc. [[manus]].) The [[left]] [[hand]]: opsecro te hanc per dexteram, perque hanc sororem laevam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 9: Ilionea petit dextrā, laevāque Serestum, Verg. A. 1, 611; id. ib. 2, 552; 7, 188: cognovi [[clipeum]] laevae gestamina nostrae, Ov. M. 15, 163; id. ib. 4, 782; 8, 321: [[hinc]] [[factum]] est ut [[usus]] anulorum exemtus dexterae, in laevam relegaretur, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; so, [[dextera]] laevaque, Juv. 6, 561; 658.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> (Sc. [[pars]].) The [[left]] [[side]]: laevam cuncta [[cohors]] remis ventisque petivit, Verg. A. 3, 563: laevam pete, go to the [[left]], Ov. M. 3, 642.—Esp. freq. adv.: laevā, on the [[left]] [[side]], on the [[left]]: dextrā montibus, laevā Tiberi amne saeptus, on the [[left]], Liv. 4, 32: dextrā laevāque duo maria claudunt, id. 21, 43: so, a laevā: [[Diana]] facem jacit a [[laeva]], Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. Rel. v. 55 Vahl.); Vulg. Exod. 14, 22.—So, ad laevam, in laevam, to the [[left]], on the [[left]]: [[ante]], et [[pone]]; ad laevam, et ad dexteram, Cic. Univ. 13: si in laevam detorserit, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.—<br /> <b>2</b> In neutr.: laevum, on the [[left]] ([[poet]].): intonuit laevum, Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631: laevum extendere comas, Juv. 6, 495: in laevum, adverbially, to the [[left]]: fleximus in laevum [[cursus]], Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 17: dixit in laevum [[conversus]], Juv. 4, 120 (Jahn, in laevam).— Plur.: [[laeva]], ōrum, n., places [[lying]] on the [[left]]: [[laeva]] tenent [[Thetis]] et [[Melite]], Verg. A. 5, 825: Thracen et [[laeva]] Propontidos intrat, Ov. F. 5, 257.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Awkward, [[stupid]], [[foolish]], [[silly]]: si [[mens]] non [[laeva]] fuisset, Verg. E. 1, 16; id. A. 2, 54: o ego [[laevus]], Qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam, Hor. A. P. 301.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[ill]] [[omen]], unfavorable, [[inconvenient]]; [[unfortunate]], [[unlucky]], [[bad]], [[pernicious]]: [[Sirius]] laevo contristat lumine [[caelum]], Verg. A. 10, 275: [[peccatum]] [[fateor]], cum te sic tempore laevo Interpellarim, Hor. S. 2, 4, 4: teque nec [[laevus]] vetat [[ire]] [[picus]], id. C. 3, 27, 15: laevo monitu pueros producit avaros, Juv. 14, 228: [[omen]], Val. Fl. 6, 70: [[ignis]], i. e. a [[pestilence]], Stat. Th. 1, 634; Claud. Idyll. 2, 92; Sil. 1, 464 Rupert; so, numina [[laeva]] (opp. [[dextra]] or propitia), unfavorable gods, [[hostile]] deities, Verg. G. 4, 7 Jahn and Forbig. ad loc.: impia Cappadocum [[tellus]] et numine laevo Visa [[tibi]], Mart. 6, 85, 3; Sil. 14, 494; 15, 512; Arn. adv. Gent. 3, 26.—<br /> <b>C</b> In the [[language]] of augurs, [[fortunate]], [[lucky]], [[propitious]] ([[because]] the Romans, by [[turning]] [[their]] faces to the [[south]], had the [[eastern]] signs on [[their]] [[left]] [[hand]]; v. [[sinister]]): [[laeva]] prospera existimantur, [[quoniam]] laevā parte mundi [[ortus]] est, Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142; cf. Liv. 1, 18: omina, Phaedr. 3, 18, 12: [[tonitru]] dedit omina laevo [[Juppiter]], Ov. F. 4, 833; cf. Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631 (I. B. 2 [[supra]]).—Hence, adv.: laevē, [[awkwardly]], [[wrongly]] ([[poet]].), Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 52. | ||
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|georg=laevus, a, um (v. [[λαιός]]), [[link]] (Ggstz. [[dexter]]), I) eig.: a) adi.: [[brachium]], Pacuv. fr.: [[latus]], Acc. tr. fr.: [[pars]] (Ggstz. [[dexterior]]), Ov.: [[oculus]], Lucr.: [[manus]], Cic.: [[pes]], [[umerus]], [[auris]], Ov. – [[daher]] der [[Lage]] [[nach]] [[link]], [[links]] liegend (Ggstz. [[dexter]]), [[ripa]], Plin.: [[Pontus]], Ov.: a laevo Thraciae [[latere]], Curt. – partitiv, [[amnis]], die linke [[Seite]] [[des]] Flusses, Tac. ann. 2, 8. – b) subst.: α) [[laeva]], ae, f. (sc. [[manus]]), die linke [[Hand]], die Linke (Ggstz. [[dextera]] od. [[dextra]]), Verg. u.a.: laevam pete, fahre [[links]], Ov.: ad laevam, zur Linken, Cic.: ad laevam habere, Vell.: in laevam, [[nach]] der Linken, [[links]], Plin.: laevā (Ggstz. dextrā), zur Linken, [[links]], Liv.: u. so laevā [[eius]] (fluminis), Iul. Val. 3, 52. p. 160, 10 K. – β) [[laevum]], ī, n., die linke [[Seite]], [[nur]] m. Präpos., [[qui]] ([[Parmenio]]) in laevo erat, [[auf]] dem linken [[Flügel]] stand, Curt. 4, 15 (50), 6: in [[laevum]] flectere [[cursus]], Ov. trist. 1, 10, 17. – Plur. [[laeva]], ōrum, n., die [[links]] liegende [[Gegend]], die linke [[Seite]] [[einer]] [[Gegend]] usw., [[laeva]] tenent, [[halten]] [[sich]] [[links]], [[befinden]] [[sich]] zur linken [[Seite]], Verg.: [[laeva]] Propontidis, Ov.: [[laeva]] Mauretaniae, Plin.: [[laeva]] [[maris]], das [[links]] liegende weite [[Meer]], Tac. – II) übtr.: 1) [[linkisch]] = [[ungeschickt]], [[töricht]], [[mens]], Verg.: [[pectus]], Pers.: o [[ego]] [[laevus]]! o [[über]] mich Toren! Hor. – 2) [[unbequem]], [[tempus]], Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 4, 4. – 3) [[ungünstig]], [[picus]], der [[Unglück]] verkündende, Hor.: [[numen]], Mart.: [[omen]], Val. Flacc. – u.[[unselig]], [[verderblich]], laevo monitu ([[Lehre]]), Iuven.: [[ignis]], v. [[einer]] [[Seuche]], Stat. – 4) in der Augursprache = [[günstig]], [[weil]] [[sich]] der röm. [[Augur]] [[mit]] dem [[Gesicht]] [[nach]] [[Mittag]] wandte und die [[Morgenseite]] die glückliche war (vgl. Plin. 2, 142), numina, Verg.: omina, Phaedr.: [[tonitrus]], Ov.: tonuit [[laevum]], Enn. b. Cic.: [[laevum]] intonuit, Verg. – / arch. Nomin. Sing. Mask. laevos, Hor. carm. 3, 27, 15 Kell. u. de art. poët. 301 Kell.: Akk. laevom, Verg. Aen. 3, 420 Ribb. Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 2, 125 Hold. | |georg=laevus, a, um (v. [[λαιός]]), [[link]] (Ggstz. [[dexter]]), I) eig.: a) adi.: [[brachium]], Pacuv. fr.: [[latus]], Acc. tr. fr.: [[pars]] (Ggstz. [[dexterior]]), Ov.: [[oculus]], Lucr.: [[manus]], Cic.: [[pes]], [[umerus]], [[auris]], Ov. – [[daher]] der [[Lage]] [[nach]] [[link]], [[links]] liegend (Ggstz. [[dexter]]), [[ripa]], Plin.: [[Pontus]], Ov.: a laevo Thraciae [[latere]], Curt. – partitiv, [[amnis]], die linke [[Seite]] [[des]] Flusses, Tac. ann. 2, 8. – b) subst.: α) [[laeva]], ae, f. (sc. [[manus]]), die linke [[Hand]], die Linke (Ggstz. [[dextera]] od. [[dextra]]), Verg. u.a.: laevam pete, fahre [[links]], Ov.: ad laevam, zur Linken, Cic.: ad laevam habere, Vell.: in laevam, [[nach]] der Linken, [[links]], Plin.: laevā (Ggstz. dextrā), zur Linken, [[links]], Liv.: u. so laevā [[eius]] (fluminis), Iul. Val. 3, 52. p. 160, 10 K. – β) [[laevum]], ī, n., die linke [[Seite]], [[nur]] m. Präpos., [[qui]] ([[Parmenio]]) in laevo erat, [[auf]] dem linken [[Flügel]] stand, Curt. 4, 15 (50), 6: in [[laevum]] flectere [[cursus]], Ov. trist. 1, 10, 17. – Plur. [[laeva]], ōrum, n., die [[links]] liegende [[Gegend]], die linke [[Seite]] [[einer]] [[Gegend]] usw., [[laeva]] tenent, [[halten]] [[sich]] [[links]], [[befinden]] [[sich]] zur linken [[Seite]], Verg.: [[laeva]] Propontidis, Ov.: [[laeva]] Mauretaniae, Plin.: [[laeva]] [[maris]], das [[links]] liegende weite [[Meer]], Tac. – II) übtr.: 1) [[linkisch]] = [[ungeschickt]], [[töricht]], [[mens]], Verg.: [[pectus]], Pers.: o [[ego]] [[laevus]]! o [[über]] mich Toren! Hor. – 2) [[unbequem]], [[tempus]], Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 4, 4. – 3) [[ungünstig]], [[picus]], der [[Unglück]] verkündende, Hor.: [[numen]], Mart.: [[omen]], Val. Flacc. – u.[[unselig]], [[verderblich]], laevo monitu ([[Lehre]]), Iuven.: [[ignis]], v. [[einer]] [[Seuche]], Stat. – 4) in der Augursprache = [[günstig]], [[weil]] [[sich]] der röm. [[Augur]] [[mit]] dem [[Gesicht]] [[nach]] [[Mittag]] wandte und die [[Morgenseite]] die glückliche war (vgl. Plin. 2, 142), numina, Verg.: omina, Phaedr.: [[tonitrus]], Ov.: tonuit [[laevum]], Enn. b. Cic.: [[laevum]] intonuit, Verg. – / arch. Nomin. Sing. Mask. laevos, Hor. carm. 3, 27, 15 Kell. u. de art. poët. 301 Kell.: Akk. laevom, Verg. Aen. 3, 420 Ribb. Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 2, 125 Hold. | ||
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|lnztxt=laevus, a, um. ''adj''. :: 左手者。不順者。不對時。痴者。— ei incedere 于其左邊同行。Oh ego laevus! 痴哉吾。 Laeva auspicia 福兆。凶兆。Laeva numina 順之神。 | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 12 June 2024
Latin > English
laevus laeva, laevum ADJ :: left, on the left hand; from the left; unpropitious, unfavorable, harmful
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
laevus: a, um, adj. cf. Gr. λαιός,
I left, on the left side (mostly poet.; syn.: sinister, scaevus).
I Lit.: ut idem nunc sit laevus; et e laevo sit mutua dexter, Lucr. 4, 301 (325): manus, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145: ab laeva manu, Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 1: habeo equidem hercle oculum. Py. At laevom dico, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 24: latus, Ov. M. 12, 415: auris id. ib. 12, 336: pes, id. ib. 12, 101: umerus, id. H. 9, 62: Pontus, lying to the left, id. P. 4, 9, 119: iter, Verg. A. 5, 170: habena, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 12: amnis, the left bank, Tac. A. 2, 8: laevā in parte mamillae, Juv. 7, 159. —
B Subst.
1 laeva, ae, f.
(a) (Sc. manus.) The left hand: opsecro te hanc per dexteram, perque hanc sororem laevam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 9: Ilionea petit dextrā, laevāque Serestum, Verg. A. 1, 611; id. ib. 2, 552; 7, 188: cognovi clipeum laevae gestamina nostrae, Ov. M. 15, 163; id. ib. 4, 782; 8, 321: hinc factum est ut usus anulorum exemtus dexterae, in laevam relegaretur, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; so, dextera laevaque, Juv. 6, 561; 658.—
(b) (Sc. pars.) The left side: laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit, Verg. A. 3, 563: laevam pete, go to the left, Ov. M. 3, 642.—Esp. freq. adv.: laevā, on the left side, on the left: dextrā montibus, laevā Tiberi amne saeptus, on the left, Liv. 4, 32: dextrā laevāque duo maria claudunt, id. 21, 43: so, a laevā: Diana facem jacit a laeva, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. Rel. v. 55 Vahl.); Vulg. Exod. 14, 22.—So, ad laevam, in laevam, to the left, on the left: ante, et pone; ad laevam, et ad dexteram, Cic. Univ. 13: si in laevam detorserit, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.—
2 In neutr.: laevum, on the left (poet.): intonuit laevum, Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631: laevum extendere comas, Juv. 6, 495: in laevum, adverbially, to the left: fleximus in laevum cursus, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 17: dixit in laevum conversus, Juv. 4, 120 (Jahn, in laevam).— Plur.: laeva, ōrum, n., places lying on the left: laeva tenent Thetis et Melite, Verg. A. 5, 825: Thracen et laeva Propontidos intrat, Ov. F. 5, 257.—
II Trop.
A Awkward, stupid, foolish, silly: si mens non laeva fuisset, Verg. E. 1, 16; id. A. 2, 54: o ego laevus, Qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam, Hor. A. P. 301.—
B Of ill omen, unfavorable, inconvenient; unfortunate, unlucky, bad, pernicious: Sirius laevo contristat lumine caelum, Verg. A. 10, 275: peccatum fateor, cum te sic tempore laevo Interpellarim, Hor. S. 2, 4, 4: teque nec laevus vetat ire picus, id. C. 3, 27, 15: laevo monitu pueros producit avaros, Juv. 14, 228: omen, Val. Fl. 6, 70: ignis, i. e. a pestilence, Stat. Th. 1, 634; Claud. Idyll. 2, 92; Sil. 1, 464 Rupert; so, numina laeva (opp. dextra or propitia), unfavorable gods, hostile deities, Verg. G. 4, 7 Jahn and Forbig. ad loc.: impia Cappadocum tellus et numine laevo Visa tibi, Mart. 6, 85, 3; Sil. 14, 494; 15, 512; Arn. adv. Gent. 3, 26.—
C In the language of augurs, fortunate, lucky, propitious (because the Romans, by turning their faces to the south, had the eastern signs on their left hand; v. sinister): laeva prospera existimantur, quoniam laevā parte mundi ortus est, Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142; cf. Liv. 1, 18: omina, Phaedr. 3, 18, 12: tonitru dedit omina laevo Juppiter, Ov. F. 4, 833; cf. Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631 (I. B. 2 supra).—Hence, adv.: laevē, awkwardly, wrongly (poet.), Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 52.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) lævus,⁹ a, um, (cf. λαιός),
1 gauche, du côté gauche : Pl. Aul. 624 ; Cic. Ac. 2, 145 ; Ov. M. 12, 415 || subst. f. læva, a) main gauche : Virg. En. 1, 611 ; etc. ; b) côté gauche : Virg. En. 3, 563 || [expr. adv.] lævā, à gauche : Liv. 4, 32, etc., ou ad lævam Cic. Tim. 48 ou a læva Cic. Div. 2, 80, ou [avec le n.] in lævum Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 17 || pl. n. læva, côté gauche : Virg. En. 5, 825 ; Ov. F. 5, 257
2 [fig.] a) maladroit, stupide, aveuglé, sot : Virg. B. 1, 16 ; Hor. P. 301 ; b) malheureux, hostile, de mauvais présage : Virg. En. 10, 275 ; Hor. O. 3, 27, 15 ; S. 2, 4, 4 ; Juv. 14, 228 || [mais dans la langue des augures] favorable, propice : Plin. 2, 142 ; Ov. F. 4, 833.
Latin > German (Georges)
laevus, a, um (v. λαιός), link (Ggstz. dexter), I) eig.: a) adi.: brachium, Pacuv. fr.: latus, Acc. tr. fr.: pars (Ggstz. dexterior), Ov.: oculus, Lucr.: manus, Cic.: pes, umerus, auris, Ov. – daher der Lage nach link, links liegend (Ggstz. dexter), ripa, Plin.: Pontus, Ov.: a laevo Thraciae latere, Curt. – partitiv, amnis, die linke Seite des Flusses, Tac. ann. 2, 8. – b) subst.: α) laeva, ae, f. (sc. manus), die linke Hand, die Linke (Ggstz. dextera od. dextra), Verg. u.a.: laevam pete, fahre links, Ov.: ad laevam, zur Linken, Cic.: ad laevam habere, Vell.: in laevam, nach der Linken, links, Plin.: laevā (Ggstz. dextrā), zur Linken, links, Liv.: u. so laevā eius (fluminis), Iul. Val. 3, 52. p. 160, 10 K. – β) laevum, ī, n., die linke Seite, nur m. Präpos., qui (Parmenio) in laevo erat, auf dem linken Flügel stand, Curt. 4, 15 (50), 6: in laevum flectere cursus, Ov. trist. 1, 10, 17. – Plur. laeva, ōrum, n., die links liegende Gegend, die linke Seite einer Gegend usw., laeva tenent, halten sich links, befinden sich zur linken Seite, Verg.: laeva Propontidis, Ov.: laeva Mauretaniae, Plin.: laeva maris, das links liegende weite Meer, Tac. – II) übtr.: 1) linkisch = ungeschickt, töricht, mens, Verg.: pectus, Pers.: o ego laevus! o über mich Toren! Hor. – 2) unbequem, tempus, Hor. sat. 2, 4, 4. – 3) ungünstig, picus, der Unglück verkündende, Hor.: numen, Mart.: omen, Val. Flacc. – u.unselig, verderblich, laevo monitu (Lehre), Iuven.: ignis, v. einer Seuche, Stat. – 4) in der Augursprache = günstig, weil sich der röm. Augur mit dem Gesicht nach Mittag wandte und die Morgenseite die glückliche war (vgl. Plin. 2, 142), numina, Verg.: omina, Phaedr.: tonitrus, Ov.: tonuit laevum, Enn. b. Cic.: laevum intonuit, Verg. – / arch. Nomin. Sing. Mask. laevos, Hor. carm. 3, 27, 15 Kell. u. de art. poët. 301 Kell.: Akk. laevom, Verg. Aen. 3, 420 Ribb. Hor. sat. 1, 2, 125 Hold.
Latin > Chinese
laevus, a, um. adj. :: 左手者。不順者。不對時。痴者。— ei incedere 于其左邊同行。Oh ego laevus! 痴哉吾。 Laeva auspicia 福兆。凶兆。Laeva numina 順之神。
