ἀριστερός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], ά, όν,</b> <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">left, on the left</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀριστερά</b> towards, i.e. on, <b class="b2">the left</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.526</span>, al.; ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ χειρός <span class="bibl">Od.5.277</span>; ἐπ' ἀ. χειρῶν <span class="bibl">A.R. 2.1266</span>; ἐξἀριστερῶν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>2.4.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖσι ἀριστεροῖσι</b> ibid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀριστερά</b> (with or without <b class="b3">χείρ</b>), ἡ, <b class="b2">left hand</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ ἀριστερῆς χειρός</b> on <b class="b2">the left hand</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.30</span>; simply ἀριστερῆς χ. <span class="bibl">Id.4.34</span>; ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>20</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>72c</span>, etc.; οὑξ ἀριστερᾶς . . ναός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα ἤιε, ἐν ἀριστερῇ ἔχειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">boding ill, ominous</b>, because to a Greek, looking northward, unlucky signs came from the left, ἀ. ἤλυθεν ὄρνις <span class="bibl">Od.20.242</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[awkward]], [[erring]], <b class="b3">φρενόθεν ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ ἔβας</b> turnedst to <b class="b2">the leftward</b> of thy mind, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 182</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ εἴληφας τὸ πρᾶγμα</b> in a [[sinister]] sense, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>22.67 D.; <b class="b3">τῷ ἀριστερῷ δέχεσθαι [λόγους</b>] Plu.2.378b. (Prop. 'better', cf. [[ἄριστος;]] euphemism (cf. [[εὐώνυμος]]) to avoid ill-luck.)</span>