λαιός

English (LSJ)

(A), ὁ, a kind of thrush, prob. the blue thrush, Petrocichla cyanus, Arist.HA617a15, Ant.Lib.19.3.

(B), ά, όν, left, λαιᾷ μὲν ἴτυν προβάλεσθε (sc. χειρί) Tyrt.15.3; λαιᾶς χειρός on the left hand, A.Pr.714; πρὸς λαιᾷ χερί E.HF159; λαιοῖσι on the left, Parm.17; ἐπὶ λαιὰ κεκλιμένον Arat.160, cf. Heliod. ap.Stob.4.36.8; οἱ τὸ λ. ἔχοντες (sc. μέρος) D.S.13.99; ἐς λαιὰν ἐσιόντων χῆρα (Dor.) IG14.1721.3; τῇ λαιᾷ τοῦ δεξιοῦ λαβόμενος κέρως Philostr.Jun.Im.4. (Poet., but not in Hom., who uses ἀριστερός: also in later Prose, τὰ διδόμενα τῇ δεξιᾷ δέχεσθαι τῇ λαιᾷ χειρί Prov. ap.Plb.38.10.9, cf. Jul.Or.2.57d, etc.) (Orig. λαιϝός, cf. Lat. laevus, Slav. lèvǔ: in Hsch. we have λαίβα, i.e. λαίϝα, = ἀσπίς, because borne on the left arm; cf. λαῖφα, λαῖτα, λαφός.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 7] laevus, links, λαιᾶς δὲ χειρός, linker Hand, Aesch. Prom. 716; λαιᾷ χερί, Eur. Herc. Fur. 159; κέρας, Suppl. 705; sp. D. In Prosa erst bei Sp., wie Hdn. 4, 2, 5. Vgl. ἀριστερός u. εὐώνυμος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

1ά, όν :
gauche, situé à gauche.
Étymologie: p. λαιϜός, cf. lat. laevus.
2οῦ (ὁ) :
grive oiseau, ou sorte de merle vivant dans les pierres.
Étymologie: λᾶας.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

λαιός: (= ἀριστερὁς и εὐώνυμος) левый (χείρ Aesch.; κερας Eur.).
I ὁ Arst. v.l. = λάϊος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λαιός: ὁ, εἶδος κίχλης, ἴσως ἡ Turdus torquatus, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 19, Ἀντ. Λιβερ. 19.

Greek Monolingual

(I)
λαιός, ὁ (Α)
το πουλί πετροκότσυφας («τούτων ὅμοιος τῷ μέλανι κοττύφῳ ἐστὶ λαιός», Αριστοτ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. συνδέεται πιθ. με τη λ. λᾶας «λίθος», πετροκόσσυφος.
(II)
λαιός, -ά, -όν (Α)
αριστερός, ζερβός («τὰ. διδόμενα τῇ δεξιᾷ δέχεσθαι τῇ λαιᾷ χειρί» — όσα δίνεις με το δεξί να τά παίρνεις με το αριστερό χέρι, Πολ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ο τ. lai-fos ανάγεται στην ΙΕ ρίζα lai-wo- «αριστερός» και συνδέεται με λατ. laevus «αριστερός», αρχ. σλαβ. lěvŭ, ρωσ. levyj].

Greek Monotonic

λαιός: -ά, -όν, Λατ. laevus, αριστερός, λαῖας χειρός, στο αριστερό χέρι, σε Αισχύλ.· πρὸς λαιᾷ χερί, σε Ευρ.

Frisk Etymological English

1.
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: left, ἡ λαιά the left (hand) (Tyrt., A.);
Derivatives: Diminut. (context unknown) λαίδιον ἀριστερόν, εὑώνυμον H.
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [652] *leh₂iu̯o- left
Etymology: Old word for left, identical with Lat. laevus, Slav., e. g. OCS lěvъ, Russ. lévyj; IE. *lai̯u̯os = *leh₂i-uo-?; on the phonetics Schwyzer 266 a. 314, on the u̯o-suffix ibd. 472 and Chantraine Form. 122f. Substantivized is λαίβα (= λαίϜα) ἀσπίς, πέλτη H.; prop. "what is worn in the left"(?). Here also Illyr. PN Laevicus, Levo (Krahe Spr. d. Illyr. 1, 55). - Hypothesis on a basic meaning crooked and further suggestions for connections, all quite hypothetic or arbitrary, in WP. 2, 378 f., W.-Hofmann s. laevus; also Huisman KZ 71, 104 (to λαιμός, λαῖτμα; IE. *lei- towards below, askew, but this is phonetically impossible). On spread and use of λαιός, σκαιός, ἀριστερός Chantraine Μνήμης χάριν 1, 61 ff. - Fur. 339 compares λαφός ὁ ἀριστερᾳ̃ χειρὶ χρώμενος Η.; but Lat. laevus can hardly be separated from the word.
2.
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a kind of thrush, `Petrocichla (cyanus, saxatilis).
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]
Etymology: Perh. from λᾶας stone, cf. NGr. πετρο-κόσσυφος thrush; see Thompson Birds s. v. -

Middle Liddell

λαιός, ή, όν
Lat. laevus, left, λαιᾶς χειρός on the left hand, Aesch.; πρὸς λαιᾷ χερί Eur.

Frisk Etymology German

λαιός: 1.
{laiós}
Forms: ἡ λαιά die Linke (poet. seit Tyrt., A., sp. Prosa);
Meaning: link,
Derivative: Deminutivum (aus unbekanntem Zusammenhang) λαίδιον· ἀριστερόν, εὐώνυμον H.
Etymology: Altes Wort für link, mit lat. laevus, slav., z. B. aksl. levъ, russ. lévyj identisch; idg. *lai̯u̯os; zum Lautlichen Schwyzer 266 u. 314, zum u̯o- Suffix ebd. 472 und Chantraine Form. 122f. Eine Substantivierung ist λαίβα (= λαίϝα)· ἀσπίς, πέλτη H.; eig. "die in der Linken getragene". Hierher noch illyr. PN wie Laevicus, Levo (Krahe Spr. d. Illyr. 1, 55). — Vermutungen über eine Grundbedeutung gekrümmt und weitere Anknüpfungsversuche, alle ganz hypothetisch oder willkürlich, bei WP. 2, 378 f., W.-Hofmann s. laevus; dazu noch Huisman KZ 71, 104 (zu λαιμός, λαῖτμα; idg. lei- nach unten, schief). Über Verbreitung und Gebrauch von λαιός, σκαιός, ἀριστερός Chantraine Μνήμης χάριν 1, 61 ff.
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2.
{laiós}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: N. einer Drosselart, ‘Petrocichla (cyanus, saxatilis)’.
Etymology: Wohl von λᾶας Stein, vgl. ngr. πετροκόσσυφος Drossel; dazu Thompson Birds s. v.
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Translations

left (adjective)

Acehnese: wie; Afrikaans: links; Aklanon: waea; Albanian: majtë; Amharic: ግራ; Arabic: يَسَار, شِمَال; Egyptian Arabic: شمال; Hijazi Arabic: يسار, شُمال; Armenian: ձախ; Aromanian: stãngu; Assamese: বাওঁ; Asturian: izquierdu, esquierdu; Azerbaijani: sol; Balinese: kebot; Bashkir: һул, һулаҡай; Basque: ezker; Belarusian: левы; Bengali: বাঁ; Bhojpuri: बायाँ; Bikol Central: wala; Buginese: abeo; Bulgarian: ляв; Burmese: ဘယ်, ဝဲ; Buryat: зүүн; Catalan: esquerre; Cebuano: wala; Central Dusun: gibang; Chechen: аьрру; Chinese Cantonese: 左; Dungan: зуә; Mandarin: 左; Cornish: kledh; Czech: levý, levá, levé; Danish: venstre; Dutch: links, linker; Erzya: керш; Esperanto: maldekstra, liva; Estonian: vasak, pahem; Even: дьэгэнгэг; Evenki: дегинңу; Faroese: vinstra; Fijian: i mawī, mawi; Finnish: vasen; French: gauche; Galician: esquerda, xiquerda, seestra, saestra, seistra; Georgian: მარცხენა; German: link; Old High German: winstero, winistro, winstro; Gilbertese: máing; Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰; Greek: αριστερός; Ancient Greek: ἀριστερός, λαιός, εὐώνυμος; Hawaiian: hema; Hebrew: שְׂמֹאל; Hiligaynon: wala; Hindi: बायाँ, बाएँ; Hungarian: bal; Icelandic: vinstri; Ido: sinistra; Ilocano: kanigid; Indonesian: kiri; Ingrian: kura; Ingush: аьрда; Interlingua: sinistre, leve; Irish: clé; Italian: sinistro; Japanese: 左; Javanese: kiwa, kering; Kalmyk: зүн; Kashubian: lewi; Kazakh: сол; Khmer: ឆ្វេង; Korean: 왼, 왼쪽; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: çep; Kyrgyz: сол; Ladin: man ciancia; Ladino: siedra; Lakota: catkayata; Lao: ຊ້າຍ; Latgalian: kairuo; Latin: laevus, scaevus, sinister; Latvian: kreiss; Lithuanian: kairioji; Luxembourgish: lénks; Macedonian: лев; Madurese: kacer; Makasar: kairi; Malay: kiri; Malayalam: ഇടത്; Maltese: xellug; Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᡥᡡ; Maori: mauī; Mi'kmaq: inaganeq; Minangkabau: kida; Moksha: кержи; Mongolian: зүүн; Nanai: деги; Naxi: wai; Neapolitan: sinisto; Nias: kabera; Norwegian: venstre; Occitan: esquèr; Odia: ବାମ; Ojibwe: namanjinik, namanjinikan; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: лѣвъ; Old East Slavic: лѣвъ; Old English: winestra; Old Frisian: winstera; Old Javanese: kiwa, keriṅ; Ottoman Turkish: صول; Pangasinan: kawigi; Pashto: يسار; Persian: چپ; Polish: lewy; Portuguese: esquerdo; Quechua: lluq'i; Romani Vlax Romani: stïngo; Romanian: stâng; Romansch: seniester; Russian: левый; Samoan: tau-aŋavale; Sanskrit: सव्य, वाम; Scottish Gaelic: ceàrr, clì; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ле̑вӣ, лије̑вӣ; Roman: lȇvī, lijȇvī; Shor: сол; Slovak: ľаvý; Slovene: levi; Somali: bidix; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: lěwy; Upper Sorbian: lěwy; Southern Altai: сол; Spanish: izquierda; Sundanese: kiwa; Swahili: kushoto; Swedish: vänster; Tagalog: kaliwa; Tahitian: ʻaui; Tajik: чап; Tamil: இடது; Tarantino: mmanghe; Tarifit: aẓermaḍ; Tatar: сул; Telugu: ఎడమ; Tetum: karuk; Thai: ซ้าย; Tibetan: གཡོན, གཡོན་པ; Tocharian B: saiwai; Tongan: hema; Turkish: sol; Turkmen: çep; Tuvan: солагай; Udi: дзах; Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍; Ukrainian: лі́вий; Urdu: بایاں; Uyghur: سول, چەپ; Uzbek: soʻl, chap; Vietnamese: trái; Vilamovian: lewo; Waray-Waray: wala; Welsh: chwith; Yagnobi: чап; Yakut: хаҥас; Yiddish: לינק; Zande: gare; Zazaki: çep; Zealandic: lienks; Zhuang: swix