scaevitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

scaevĭtas, ātis, f. [scaevus, II.] (postclass.).

I Awkwardness , perverseness , unskilfulness , Gell. praef., § 20; 6, 2, 8: artium, Amm. 30, 4, 10.—

II A mischance , misfortune , Ap. Met. 3, 14, 8; fortunae, id. ib. 7, 3, 17; indignae rei, id. ib. 9, 10, 7.