Scaevola

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Translingual

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Scaevola plumieri (gullfeed)

Etymology

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It is a reference to the story of Gaius Mucius Scaevola (whose name comes from scaevus (left)), because the dried flowers recall a withered hand.

Proper noun

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Scaevola f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Goodeniaceae – many species of tropical flowering plants found especially in Australia and Polynesia.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Scaeva (agnomen and cognomen) +‎ -ola (-ole, diminutive-forming suffix) or directly from scaevus (left; left-handed; clumsy; very lucky or unlucky) +‎ -ola.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskae̯.u̯o.la/, [ˈs̠käe̯u̯ɔɫ̪ä]

Proper noun

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Scaevola m sg (genitive Scaevolae); first declension

  1. a cognomen of the gens Muncia and others

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Scaevola
Genitive Scaevolae
Dative Scaevolae
Accusative Scaevolam
Ablative Scaevolā
Vocative Scaevola

References

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  • Scaevola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Scaevola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.