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===adjective===


<b class="b2">Inauspicious</b>: P. and V. [[κακός]], [[δυστυχής]], [[δύσφημος]] (Plat. but rare P.), V. [[κακόγλωσσος]], [[σκαιός]], [[εὐώνυμος]] (Aesch., <b class="b2">P.</b> V. 490).
[[inauspicious]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κακός]], [[δυστυχής]], [[δύσφημος]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[κακόγλωσσος]], [[σκαιός]], [[εὐώνυμος]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Prometheus Vinctus]]'' 490).


<b class="b2">Evil</b>: P. and V. [[κακός]], [[ἀνόσιος]], [[πανοῦργος]], [[πάγκακος]].
[[evil]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κακός]], [[ἀνόσιος]], [[πανοῦργος]], [[πάγκακος]].


<b class="b2">Malign, harmful</b>: P. and V. [[ἀσύμφορος]], [[κακοῦργος]], Ar. and V. [[ἀτηρός]]; see [[harmful]].
[[malign]], [[harmful]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσύμφορος]], [[κακοῦργος]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀτηρός]]; see [[harmful]].


<b class="b2">Dangerous</b>: P. and V. [[δεινός]], Ar. and P. [[χαλεπός]].
[[dangerous]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δεινός]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαλεπός]].


<b class="b2">Spiteful</b>: P. and V. [[φθονερός]], [[ἐπίφθονος]]; see [[malevolent]].
[[spiteful]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φθονερός]], [[ἐπίφθονος]]; see [[malevolent]].
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|lnetxt=sinister sinistera -um, sinisterior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ :: left, improper,adverse; inauspicious<br />sinister sinister sinistra -um, sinistrior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ :: left, improper,adverse; inauspicious
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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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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]]) &#124;&#124; sinistri Liv. 9, 27, 9, les soldats de l’aile gauche &#124;&#124; 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 &#124;&#124; [av. gén.] fidei [[sinister]] Sil. 1, 56, funeste sous le rapport de la loyauté, [[perfide]] &#124;&#124; [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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{{Georges
|georg=sinister, tra, trum, I) [[link]], zur linken [[Seite]] od. [[Hand]] [[befindlich]] (Ggstz. [[dexter]]), A) adi.: [[manus]], Nep.: [[oculus]], Plin. ep.: [[calceus]], Suet.: [[ripa]], Hor.: [[pars]], Caes. – Compar. sinistorior, us (Ggstz. [[dexterior]], us), [[sinisterior]] [[funalis]] [[equus]], Suet.: [[rota]], Ov.: [[pars]], [[Varro]]: dexterius et sinisterius [[cornu]], [[Galba]] in Cic. ep. – Superl. [[sinistimus]], a, um (Ggstz. [[dextimus]]), [[nach]] [[Fest]]. 339 (a), 1. Prisc. 3, 19 u. 22. – B) subst.: 1) [[sinistra]], ae, f., a) die linke [[Hand]], die Linke (Ggstz. [[dextra]]), Caes. u.a. – beim Stehlen benutzt, natae ad furta sinistrae, Ov.: dah. v. den Gehilfen eines Diebes, Porci et [[Socration]], duae sinistrae Pisonis, Catull. – b) die linke [[Seite]], [[supra]] [[infra]], [[dextra]] sinistrā, Cic.: ad sinistram, Plaut.: [[sub]] sinistrā, Caes.: [[miles]] dextrā ac sinstrā [[muro]] [[tectus]], Caes. – sinistrā m. Acc., [[links]] an, dextrā sinistrāque ianuam, C. [[Aelius]] [[Gallus]] [[bei]] Gell. 16, 5, 3: dextrā ac sinistrā fornicem, [[Fest]]. 206 (b), 18. – 2) sinistrum, ī, n., die linke [[Seite]], [[nur]] [[mit]] Präpos., zB. a sinistro, Quint.: in sinistrum, Quint.: in sinistro, Tac. – 3) sinistrī, ōrum, m., der linke [[Flügel]] der [[Schlachtreihe]] (Ggstz. [[dextra]] [[pars]]), Liv. 9, 27, 9. – II) übtr.: 1) [[linkisch]], [[verkehrt]], [[ungeschickt]], [[mores]], Verg.: [[liberalitas]], Catull.: instituta, Tac.: [[natura]], Curt.: [[interpretatio]], Tac. – 2) [[unglücklich]], [[widerwärtig]], signa, Ov.: [[pugna]], Prop.: [[fama]], übler [[Leumund]], Iuven. (u. so ut [[laeta]] [günstiger] [[apud]] plerosque, [[ita]] [[apud]] quosdam [[sinistra]] [[fama]], Tac.: eo de homine [[sinistra]] in urbe [[fama]], Tac.): [[aber]] [[sinistra]] ex urbe [[fama]], üble Gerüchte aus der St., Tac.: [[notus]] pecori [[sinister]], Verg.: sinistro pede proficisci, zur unglücklichen [[Stunde]], Apul.: m. Genet., fidei [[sinister]], der [[nicht]] [[Wort]] hält, [[treulos]], Sil. 1, 56. – subst., sinistrum, ī, n., das [[Böse]], Arge, si [[qua]] ([[matrona]]) est studiosa sinistri, Ov. trist. 2, 257. – 3) [[als]] t.t. der Religionssprache: a) [[bei]] den Römern, deren Augen, [[nach]] [[Süden]] [[gewandt]], die östliche [[Seite]] zur Linken hatten = [[glücklich]], glückliche Anzeigen gebend, [[avis]], Plaut.: [[cornix]], Verg.: [[tonitrus]], Ov.; vgl. Cic. de div. 2, 74 u. 82. – b) [[bei]] den Griechen, die [[nach]] [[Norden]] [[gewandt]], die östliche [[Seite]] zur Rechten hatten = [[unglücklich]], [[omen]], Ov.: avibus sinistris, zur unglücklichen [[Stunde]], Ov. – u. so [[auch]] zuw. [[bei]] Römern, auspicia, Val. Max.: [[fulmen]], Cic. Phil. 2, 99. – / Vulg. Nbf. senesterior, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 1473.
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|lnztxt=sinister, tra, trum. ''adj''. ''c''. terior. ''s''. timus. :: 左邊者。不順。害。凶。順。不^全。亂者。Sinistra interpretatio 奸解言。誤會。
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adjective

inauspicious: P. and V. κακός, δυστυχής, δύσφημος (Plato but rare P.), V. κακόγλωσσος, σκαιός, εὐώνυμος (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 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

sinister sinistera -um, sinisterior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ :: left, improper,adverse; inauspicious
sinister sinister sinistra -um, sinistrior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ :: left, improper,adverse; inauspicious

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.

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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.

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sinister, tra, trum, I) link, zur linken Seite od. Hand befindlich (Ggstz. dexter), A) adi.: manus, Nep.: oculus, Plin. ep.: calceus, Suet.: ripa, Hor.: pars, Caes. – Compar. sinistorior, us (Ggstz. dexterior, us), sinisterior funalis equus, Suet.: rota, Ov.: pars, Varro: dexterius et sinisterius cornu, Galba in Cic. ep. – Superl. sinistimus, a, um (Ggstz. dextimus), nach Fest. 339 (a), 1. Prisc. 3, 19 u. 22. – B) subst.: 1) sinistra, ae, f., a) die linke Hand, die Linke (Ggstz. dextra), Caes. u.a. – beim Stehlen benutzt, natae ad furta sinistrae, Ov.: dah. v. den Gehilfen eines Diebes, Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis, Catull. – b) die linke Seite, supra infra, dextra sinistrā, Cic.: ad sinistram, Plaut.: sub sinistrā, Caes.: miles dextrā ac sinstrā muro tectus, Caes. – sinistrā m. Acc., links an, dextrā sinistrāque ianuam, C. Aelius Gallus bei Gell. 16, 5, 3: dextrā ac sinistrā fornicem, Fest. 206 (b), 18. – 2) sinistrum, ī, n., die linke Seite, nur mit Präpos., zB. a sinistro, Quint.: in sinistrum, Quint.: in sinistro, Tac. – 3) sinistrī, ōrum, m., der linke Flügel der Schlachtreihe (Ggstz. dextra pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9. – II) übtr.: 1) linkisch, verkehrt, ungeschickt, mores, Verg.: liberalitas, Catull.: instituta, Tac.: natura, Curt.: interpretatio, Tac. – 2) unglücklich, widerwärtig, signa, Ov.: pugna, Prop.: fama, übler Leumund, Iuven. (u. so ut laeta [günstiger] apud plerosque, ita apud quosdam sinistra fama, Tac.: eo de homine sinistra in urbe fama, Tac.): aber sinistra ex urbe fama, üble Gerüchte aus der St., Tac.: notus pecori sinister, Verg.: sinistro pede proficisci, zur unglücklichen Stunde, Apul.: m. Genet., fidei sinister, der nicht Wort hält, treulos, Sil. 1, 56. – subst., sinistrum, ī, n., das Böse, Arge, si qua (matrona) est studiosa sinistri, Ov. trist. 2, 257. – 3) als t.t. der Religionssprache: a) bei den Römern, deren Augen, nach Süden gewandt, die östliche Seite zur Linken hatten = glücklich, glückliche Anzeigen gebend, avis, Plaut.: cornix, Verg.: tonitrus, Ov.; vgl. Cic. de div. 2, 74 u. 82. – b) bei den Griechen, die nach Norden gewandt, die östliche Seite zur Rechten hatten = unglücklich, omen, Ov.: avibus sinistris, zur unglücklichen Stunde, Ov. – u. so auch zuw. bei Römern, auspicia, Val. Max.: fulmen, Cic. Phil. 2, 99. – / Vulg. Nbf. senesterior, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 1473.

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