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|lshtext=<b>sĭnister</b>: tra, trum (<br /><b>I</b> comp. sinisterior; [[sup]]. [[sinistimus]], Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. etym. dub.; perh. from [[sinus]] (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the [[ending]] is a [[double]] comp. -is and -ter; cf.: [[magister]], [[minister]].<br /><b>I</b> Left, on the [[left]], on the [[left]] [[hand]] or [[side]] (syn.: [[laevus]], [[scaevus]]): [[manus]] [[sinistra]] (opp. [[dextra]]), Quint. 11, 3, 114: [[manus]], Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159: [[bracchium]], id. 11, 3, 141: [[latus]], id. 11, 3, 99: [[numerus]], id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140: pes, id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159: [[cornu]] (opp. dextrum), Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.: [[pars]], id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.: [[angulus]] castrorum, id. ib. 3, 66: [[ripa]], Hor. C. 1, 2, 18: [[calceus]], Suet. Aug. 92: [[tibia]], Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.<br /> <b>1</b> sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. [[latus]]), the [[left]] [[side]]: reicere a sinistro togam, Quint. 11, 3, 144; so, in sinistrum, id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—<br /> <b>2</b> sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. [[manus]]), the [[left]] [[hand]], the [[left]]: sinistrā impeditā [[satis]] [[commode]] pugnare non poterant, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in [[stealing]]: natae ad furta sinistrae, Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1; [[hence]], of a [[thief]]'s accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis, id. 47, 1.—As [[bearing]] the [[shield]] and defending: [[idem]] ([[Afer]]) per allegoriam M. Caelium [[melius]] obicientem crimina [[quam]] defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat, Quint. 6, 3, 69—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., the [[left]] [[side]]: [[cur]] a dextrā [[corvus]], a sinistrā [[cornix]] faciat ratum? Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85: aspicite a sinistrā, id. Phil. 6, 5, 12: aspice [[nunc]] ad sinistram, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38: sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit, Caes. B. G. 5, 8: [[miles]] dexterā ac sinistrā [[muro]] [[tectus]], id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.: innumerabiles [[supra]] [[infra]], dextrā sinistrā, [[ante]] [[post]] ejusmodi mundos esse, Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris [[repentino]] consilio Poetelii consulis additae [[vires]] (opp. [[dextra]] [[pars]]), Liv. 9, 27, 9.—Comp.: in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā), Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, [[cornu]] (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4: [[bracchium]], Suet. Dom. 17: [[mamma]], Cels. 4, 1 med.: [[equus]] [[funalis]], Suet. Tib. 6 fin.: [[rota]], Ov. M. 2, 139.—Sup.,<br /> v. [[supra]] init.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Awkward, [[wrong]], [[perverse]], [[improper]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[mores]], Verg. A. 11, 347: [[liberalitas]], Cat. 29, 16: instituta (Judaeorum), Tac. H. 5, 5: [[natura]] ([[with]] prava), Curt. 7, 4, 10.—<br /> <b>B</b> Unlucky, [[injurious]], [[adverse]], unfavorable, [[ill]], [[bad]], etc. ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): arboribus satisque [[Notus]] pecorique [[sinister]], Verg. G. 1, 444: [[interpretatio]], Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.: sermones de Tiberio, id. A. 1, 74; so, sermones, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5: [[fama]] eo de homine, Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.: [[rumor]] lenti itineris, id. ib. 2, 93 fin.: [[diligentia]], Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.: [[pugna]] Cannensis, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9: studii signa [[sinistra]] mei, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also [[infra]], C. fin.—With gen.: ([[Hannibal]]) fidei [[sinister]], [[faithless]], Sil. 1, 56 (cf.: pravos fidei, id. 3, 253).—Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., [[evil]]: ([[matrona]]) studiosa sinistri, Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—<br /> <b>C</b> With [[respect]] to [[auspices]] and [[divination]], acc. to the Roman notions, [[lucky]], favorable, [[auspicious]] ([[because]] the Romans on these occasions turned the [[face]] [[towards]] the [[south]], and so had the [[eastern]] or [[fortunate]] [[side]] on the [[left]]; [[while]] the Greeks, [[turning]] to the [[north]], had it on [[their]] [[right]]; cf. [[dexter]], II. 2.): ita nobis [[sinistra]] videntur, Graiis et barbaris [[dextra]], meliora. Quamquam [[haud]] [[ignoro]], quae bona sint, [[sinistra]] nos dicere, [[etiam]] si [[dextra]] sint, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.: [[fulmen]] sinistrum [[auspicium]] optimum habemus ad omnes res [[praeterquam]] ad [[comitia]], id. ib. 2, 35, 74 ([[with]] this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99): [[liquido]] [[exeo]] [[foras]] Auspicio, avi [[sinistra]], Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so, avi [[sinistra]], id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf. [[cornix]], Verg. E. 9, 15: [[volatus]] avium, Plin. [[Pan]]. 5, 3: [[tonitrus]], Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek [[sense]] (or in [[direct]] [[reference]] to the signif. B.), [[unlucky]], unfavorable, [[inauspicious]]: di, [[precor]], a nobis [[omen]] removete sinistrum, Ov. H. 13, 49: avibus sinistris, id. ib. 2, 115: sinistris auspiciis, Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.: [[fulmen]], Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99: sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram), Cat. 45, 8 and 17; cf: sinistro pede proficisci, App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, [[badly]], [[wrongly]], [[perversely]]: derisum [[semel]] exceptumque [[sinistre]], Hor. A. P. 452: accipere, Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.: non tam [[sinistre]] [[constitutum]] est, Plin. [[Pan]]. 45, 5. | |lshtext=<b>sĭnister</b>: tra, trum (<br /><b>I</b> comp. sinisterior; [[sup]]. [[sinistimus]], Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. etym. dub.; perh. from [[sinus]] (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the [[ending]] is a [[double]] comp. -is and -ter; cf.: [[magister]], [[minister]].<br /><b>I</b> Left, on the [[left]], on the [[left]] [[hand]] or [[side]] (syn.: [[laevus]], [[scaevus]]): [[manus]] [[sinistra]] (opp. [[dextra]]), Quint. 11, 3, 114: [[manus]], Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159: [[bracchium]], id. 11, 3, 141: [[latus]], id. 11, 3, 99: [[numerus]], id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140: pes, id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159: [[cornu]] (opp. dextrum), Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.: [[pars]], id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.: [[angulus]] castrorum, id. ib. 3, 66: [[ripa]], Hor. C. 1, 2, 18: [[calceus]], Suet. Aug. 92: [[tibia]], Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.<br /> <b>1</b> sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. [[latus]]), the [[left]] [[side]]: reicere a sinistro togam, Quint. 11, 3, 144; so, in sinistrum, id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—<br /> <b>2</b> sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. [[manus]]), the [[left]] [[hand]], the [[left]]: sinistrā impeditā [[satis]] [[commode]] pugnare non poterant, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in [[stealing]]: natae ad furta sinistrae, Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1; [[hence]], of a [[thief]]'s accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis, id. 47, 1.—As [[bearing]] the [[shield]] and defending: [[idem]] ([[Afer]]) per allegoriam M. Caelium [[melius]] obicientem crimina [[quam]] defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat, Quint. 6, 3, 69—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., the [[left]] [[side]]: [[cur]] a dextrā [[corvus]], a sinistrā [[cornix]] faciat ratum? Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85: aspicite a sinistrā, id. Phil. 6, 5, 12: aspice [[nunc]] ad sinistram, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38: sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit, Caes. B. G. 5, 8: [[miles]] dexterā ac sinistrā [[muro]] [[tectus]], id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.: innumerabiles [[supra]] [[infra]], dextrā sinistrā, [[ante]] [[post]] ejusmodi mundos esse, Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris [[repentino]] consilio Poetelii consulis additae [[vires]] (opp. [[dextra]] [[pars]]), Liv. 9, 27, 9.—Comp.: in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā), Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, [[cornu]] (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4: [[bracchium]], Suet. Dom. 17: [[mamma]], Cels. 4, 1 med.: [[equus]] [[funalis]], Suet. Tib. 6 fin.: [[rota]], Ov. M. 2, 139.—Sup.,<br /> v. [[supra]] init.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> Awkward, [[wrong]], [[perverse]], [[improper]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[mores]], Verg. A. 11, 347: [[liberalitas]], Cat. 29, 16: instituta (Judaeorum), Tac. H. 5, 5: [[natura]] ([[with]] prava), Curt. 7, 4, 10.—<br /> <b>B</b> Unlucky, [[injurious]], [[adverse]], unfavorable, [[ill]], [[bad]], etc. ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): arboribus satisque [[Notus]] pecorique [[sinister]], Verg. G. 1, 444: [[interpretatio]], Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.: sermones de Tiberio, id. A. 1, 74; so, sermones, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5: [[fama]] eo de homine, Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.: [[rumor]] lenti itineris, id. ib. 2, 93 fin.: [[diligentia]], Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.: [[pugna]] Cannensis, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9: studii signa [[sinistra]] mei, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also [[infra]], C. fin.—With gen.: ([[Hannibal]]) fidei [[sinister]], [[faithless]], Sil. 1, 56 (cf.: pravos fidei, id. 3, 253).—Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., [[evil]]: ([[matrona]]) studiosa sinistri, Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—<br /> <b>C</b> With [[respect]] to [[auspices]] and [[divination]], acc. to the Roman notions, [[lucky]], favorable, [[auspicious]] ([[because]] the Romans on these occasions turned the [[face]] [[towards]] the [[south]], and so had the [[eastern]] or [[fortunate]] [[side]] on the [[left]]; [[while]] the Greeks, [[turning]] to the [[north]], had it on [[their]] [[right]]; cf. [[dexter]], II. 2.): ita nobis [[sinistra]] videntur, Graiis et barbaris [[dextra]], meliora. Quamquam [[haud]] [[ignoro]], quae bona sint, [[sinistra]] nos dicere, [[etiam]] si [[dextra]] sint, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.: [[fulmen]] sinistrum [[auspicium]] optimum habemus ad omnes res [[praeterquam]] ad [[comitia]], id. ib. 2, 35, 74 ([[with]] this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99): [[liquido]] [[exeo]] [[foras]] Auspicio, avi [[sinistra]], Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so, avi [[sinistra]], id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf. [[cornix]], Verg. E. 9, 15: [[volatus]] avium, Plin. [[Pan]]. 5, 3: [[tonitrus]], Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek [[sense]] (or in [[direct]] [[reference]] to the signif. B.), [[unlucky]], unfavorable, [[inauspicious]]: di, [[precor]], a nobis [[omen]] removete sinistrum, Ov. H. 13, 49: avibus sinistris, id. ib. 2, 115: sinistris auspiciis, Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.: [[fulmen]], Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99: sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram), Cat. 45, 8 and 17; cf: sinistro pede proficisci, App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, [[badly]], [[wrongly]], [[perversely]]: derisum [[semel]] exceptumque [[sinistre]], Hor. A. P. 452: accipere, Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.: non tam [[sinistre]] [[constitutum]] est, Plin. [[Pan]]. 45, 5. | ||
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|gf=<b>sĭnister</b>,⁹ tra, trum,<br /><b>1</b> gauche, qui [[est]] du côté gauche : Cæs. G. 7, 62, 4 ; etc.; v. [[sinistra]] ([[manus]]) || sinistri Liv. 9, 27, 9, les soldats de l’aile gauche || a sinistro Quint. 11, 3, 144, [en partant] de gauche ; in sinistrum Quint. 11, 3, 109, [en allant] à gauche, sur la gauche<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> gauche, maladroit, mal tourné, de travers : [[mores]] sinistri Virg. En. 11, 347, caractère malencontreux, cf. Catul. 29, 16 ; [[natura]] prava et [[sinistra]] Curt. 7, 4, 10, nature mal faite et toute de travers ; <b> b)</b> malheureux, fâcheux, [[sinistre]] : arboribus [[Notus]] [[sinister]] Virg. G. 1, 444, le [[Notus]] funeste aux arbres ; [[sinister]] [[rumor]] Tac. H. 2, 93, bruits fâcheux, contraires || [av. gén.] fidei [[sinister]] Sil. 1, 56, funeste sous le rapport de la loyauté, [[perfide]] || [n. pris subst<sup>t</sup>] studiosa sinistri Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 257, [femme] éprise du mal<br /><b>3</b> [t. religieux] <b> a)</b> [chez les Romains] à gauche = de bon présage, favorable, heureux : [[liquido]] auspicio, avi [[sinistra]] Pl. Epid. 183, avec un présage [[limpide]] (heureux), avec un oiseau à gauche, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 74 ; 82 ; Virg. B. 9, 15 ; Plin. Min. [[Pan]]. 5, 3 ; <b> b)</b> [chez les Grecs] de mauvais présage : [[omen]] sinistrum, avibus sinistris Ov. H. 13, 49 ; 2, 115, présage funeste, avec de fâcheux auspices. [[sinisterior]] [[Varro]] L. 9, 34 ; [[Galba]] d. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4 ; Suet. Dom. 17 ; [[sinistimus]] Fest. 339, 1 ; Prisc. Gramm. 3, 19. | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
Inauspicious: P. and V. κακός, δυστυχής, δύσφημος (Plat. but rare P.), V. κακόγλωσσος, σκαιός, εὐώνυμος (Aesch., P. V. 490).
Evil: P. and V. κακός, ἀνόσιος, πανοῦργος, πάγκακος.
Malign, harmful: P. and V. ἀσύμφορος, κακοῦργος, Ar. and V. ἀτηρός; see harmful.
Dangerous: P. and V. δεινός, Ar. and P. χαλεπός.
Spiteful: P. and V. φθονερός, ἐπίφθονος; see malevolent.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sĭnister: tra, trum (
I comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister.
I Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.: laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra), Quint. 11, 3, 114: manus, Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159: bracchium, id. 11, 3, 141: latus, id. 11, 3, 99: numerus, id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140: pes, id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159: cornu (opp. dextrum), Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.: pars, id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.: angulus castrorum, id. ib. 3, 66: ripa, Hor. C. 1, 2, 18: calceus, Suet. Aug. 92: tibia, Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.
1 sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side: reicere a sinistro togam, Quint. 11, 3, 144; so, in sinistrum, id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—
2 sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left: sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing: natae ad furta sinistrae, Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1; hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis, id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending: idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat, Quint. 6, 3, 69—
B Transf., the left side: cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum? Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85: aspicite a sinistrā, id. Phil. 6, 5, 12: aspice nunc ad sinistram, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38: sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit, Caes. B. G. 5, 8: miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus, id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.: innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse, Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.—Comp.: in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā), Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4: bracchium, Suet. Dom. 17: mamma, Cels. 4, 1 med.: equus funalis, Suet. Tib. 6 fin.: rota, Ov. M. 2, 139.—Sup.,
v. supra init.—
II Trop.
A Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mores, Verg. A. 11, 347: liberalitas, Cat. 29, 16: instituta (Judaeorum), Tac. H. 5, 5: natura (with prava), Curt. 7, 4, 10.—
B Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister, Verg. G. 1, 444: interpretatio, Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.: sermones de Tiberio, id. A. 1, 74; so, sermones, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5: fama eo de homine, Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.: rumor lenti itineris, id. ib. 2, 93 fin.: diligentia, Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.: pugna Cannensis, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9: studii signa sinistra mei, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin.—With gen.: (Hannibal) fidei sinister, faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.: pravos fidei, id. 3, 253).—Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil: (matrona) studiosa sinistri, Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—
C With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf. dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.: fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia, id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99): liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so, avi sinistra, id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf. cornix, Verg. E. 9, 15: volatus avium, Plin. Pan. 5, 3: tonitrus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious: di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum, Ov. H. 13, 49: avibus sinistris, id. ib. 2, 115: sinistris auspiciis, Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.: fulmen, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99: sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram), Cat. 45, 8 and 17; cf: sinistro pede proficisci, App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely: derisum semel exceptumque sinistre, Hor. A. P. 452: accipere, Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.: non tam sinistre constitutum est, Plin. Pan. 45, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sĭnister,⁹ tra, trum,
1 gauche, qui est du côté gauche : Cæs. G. 7, 62, 4 ; etc.; v. sinistra (manus) || sinistri Liv. 9, 27, 9, les soldats de l’aile gauche || a sinistro Quint. 11, 3, 144, [en partant] de gauche ; in sinistrum Quint. 11, 3, 109, [en allant] à gauche, sur la gauche
2 [fig.] a) gauche, maladroit, mal tourné, de travers : mores sinistri Virg. En. 11, 347, caractère malencontreux, cf. Catul. 29, 16 ; natura prava et sinistra Curt. 7, 4, 10, nature mal faite et toute de travers ; b) malheureux, fâcheux, sinistre : arboribus Notus sinister Virg. G. 1, 444, le Notus funeste aux arbres ; sinister rumor Tac. H. 2, 93, bruits fâcheux, contraires || [av. gén.] fidei sinister Sil. 1, 56, funeste sous le rapport de la loyauté, perfide || [n. pris substt] studiosa sinistri Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 257, [femme] éprise du mal
3 [t. religieux] a) [chez les Romains] à gauche = de bon présage, favorable, heureux : liquido auspicio, avi sinistra Pl. Epid. 183, avec un présage limpide (heureux), avec un oiseau à gauche, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 74 ; 82 ; Virg. B. 9, 15 ; Plin. Min. Pan. 5, 3 ; b) [chez les Grecs] de mauvais présage : omen sinistrum, avibus sinistris Ov. H. 13, 49 ; 2, 115, présage funeste, avec de fâcheux auspices. sinisterior Varro L. 9, 34 ; Galba d. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4 ; Suet. Dom. 17 ; sinistimus Fest. 339, 1 ; Prisc. Gramm. 3, 19.
