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Scaevola

Scaevola · m

A surname of

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Where it lives

Laelius De Amicitia 16 · 17.14/10k
Brutus 27 · 10.76/10k
De Oratore 38 · 6.31/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 2 · 5.64/10k
Antoninus Caracallus 1 · 4.9/10k
Topica 3 · 4.38/10k
Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 3 · 2.26/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40 - 40 3 · 2.03/10k
Pro A. Caecina 2 · 1.93/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 9 · 1.8/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 14 · 1.76/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Scaevŏla — Lewis & Short

Scaevŏla (in the Fast. Capit. also written Scaevŭla), ae, m.prop. a dim. of 3. Scaeva, the Left-handed.

1 A surname of C. Mucius, who made his way into the camp of Porsenna to kill him, and, on being discovered, burned off his own right hand, Liv. 2, 12 sq.; Flor. 1, 10; Cic. Sest. 21, 48; Sil. 8, 386 al.—

2 After his time, a frequent surname in the gens Mucia; so, P. Mucius Scaevola, consul A. U. C. 621, a friend of Tiberius Gracchus, Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 13 (cf. id. de Or. 2, 70, 285); id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Rep. 1, 19, 31.—

3 Q. Mucius Scaevola, an augur, the most famous jurist of Cicero's time, son-inlaw of C. Laelius, Cic. Lael. 1; id. Leg. 1, 4, 13; id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; id. Brut. 26, 101 sq.; 58, 212; Liv. Epit. 86; Vell. 2, 26; Flor. 3, 21.

In the wild

Scaevolam Cicero, De Oratore 3.68
Scaevolam Cicero, De Oratore 1.112
Scaevola Cicero, Brutus 155
Scaevola Cicero, Brutus 161
Scaevola Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.23.24.4
Scaevola Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.15.a

6 of 204 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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