Scaevola

[ see-vuh-luh, sev-uh- ]

/ ˈsi və lə, ˈsɛv ə- /

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noun

Ga·ius

[gey-uhs] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (or Ca·ius )

[key-uhs] /ˈkeɪ əs/ Mu·ci·us

[myoo-shee-uhs, -shuhs], /ˈmyu ʃi əs, -ʃəs/, fl. 6th century b.c., Roman hero.

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Words nearby Scaevola

scablands, scabrid, scabrous, scad, scads, Scaevola, Scafell Pike, scaffold, scaffolding, scaffold nail, scag

How to use Scaevola in a sentence

"This house that you are living in belongs to Mucius Scaevola, the plasterer on the first floor," he said.
An Episode Under the Terror|Honore de Balzac
I have long wished some one to observe the fertilisation of Scaevola, and you must permit me to tell you what I have observed.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II|Charles Darwin
The pedantic monarch thought himself in the presence of a fanatical Mutius Scaevola.
A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6)|Leopold von Ranke
Thus Levantines cultivated even the patrimonial field cleared by Scaevola and Labeo.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism|Franz Cumont

But we cannot help admiring Scaevola for his patriotism, though we may not envy him his ethics.
The Religion of Numa|Jesse Benedict Carter