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Laevinus
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Latin
Etymology
From la Laevus -īnus cognomen -ine diminutive suffix or directly from la laevus -īnus left; clumsy; foolish; unlucky. Compare the similar cognomen pairs la Paetus and la Paetinus and la Luscus and la Luscinus.
Pronunciation
Laevīnus
Proper noun
Laevīnus<2>
a cognomen used by the la gens gens Valeria Valeria
la Marcus Valerius Laevinus Marcus Valerius Laevinus
Declension
Laevīnus<2>
References
George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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