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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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|gf=(1) <b>lævus</b>,⁹ a, um, (cf. [[λαιός]]),<br /><b>1</b> gauche, du côté gauche : Pl. Aul. 624 ; Cic. Ac. 2, 145 ; Ov. M. 12, 415 || subst. f. <b>læva</b>, <b> a)</b> main gauche : Virg. En. 1, 611 ; etc. ; <b> b)</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<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> maladroit, stupide, aveuglé, sot : Virg. B. 1, 16 ; Hor. P. 301 ; <b> b)</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. | |||
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Revision as of 06:57, 14 August 2017
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
