ἀριστερός
Σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ λαλεῖν, ἃ μὴ πρέπει → Decet tacere quam loqui, quae non decet → Schweig besser still, als dass du sagst, was du nicht darfst
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ά, όν,
A left, on the left, ἐπ' ἀριστερά towards, i.e. on, the left, Il.2.526, al.; ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ χειρός Od.5.277; ἐπ' ἀ. χειρῶν A.R. 2.1266; ἐξἀριστερῶν Hp.Epid.2.4.1; ἐν τοῖσι ἀριστεροῖσι ibid. 2 ἀριστερά (with or without χείρ), ἡ, left hand, ἐξ ἀριστερῆς χειρός on the left hand, Hdt.2.30; simply ἀριστερῆς χ. Id.4.34; ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς S.Ph.20, Pl.Ti.72c, etc.; οὑξ ἀριστερᾶς . . ναός S.El.7; ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα ἤιε, ἐν ἀριστερῇ ἔχειν, Hdt.7.42. 3 metaph., boding ill, ominous, because to a Greek, looking northward, unlucky signs came from the left, ἀ. ἤλυθεν ὄρνις Od.20.242. 4 awkward, erring, φρενόθεν ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ ἔβας turnedst to the leftward of thy mind, S.Aj. 182 (lyr.); ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ εἴληφας τὸ πρᾶγμα in a sinister sense, Com.Adesp.22.67 D.; τῷ ἀριστερῷ δέχεσθαι [λόγους] Plu.2.378b. (Prop. 'better', cf. ἄριστος; euphemism (cf. εὐώνυμος) to avoid ill-luck.)
