ἐπαρίστερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[towards the left]], [[on the left hand]], <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπαρίστερα</b> (nisi scrib. <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀρ-</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>,<span class="bibl">93</span>,<span class="bibl">4.191</span>; but ἐπὶ τὰ ἀριστερά <span class="bibl">Id.2.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[written from right to left]], Tab.Defix.67a8 (iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[left-handed]], <span class="bibl">D.C.72.19</span>: usu. metaph., <b class="b2">'gauche'</b>, <span class="bibl">Ephipp.23</span>; ἐ. ἔμαθες γράμματα [[at the wrong end]], <span class="bibl">Theognet.1.7</span>; βουλεύματα <span class="bibl">D.S.8</span><span class="title">Fr.</span>5; <b class="b3">ἐ. Κάτωνες</b> [[awkward]] imitators of Cato, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Ma.</span>19</span>. Adv. -ρως, λαμβάνειν τι <span class="bibl">Men.325.2</span>; τὴν τύχην δεξιὰν παρισταμένην ἐ. λαμβάνειν Plu.2.467c.</span>