ἀριστερός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ἀριστερά, ἀριστερόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[left]], [[on the left]], [[ἐπ' ἀριστερά]] = [[towards the left]], i.e. [[on the left]], Il.2.526, al.; [[ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ χειρός]] Od.5.277; [[ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ χειρῶν]] A.R. 2.1266; [[ἐξἀριστερῶν]] Hp.''Epid.''2.4.1; [[ἐν τοῖσι ἀριστεροῖσι]] ibid.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἀριστερά]] (with or without [[χείρ]]), ἡ, [[left hand]], [[ἐξ ἀριστερῆς χειρός]] = [[on the left hand]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.30; simply [[ἀριστερῆς χειρός]] Id.4.34; [[ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς]] S.''Ph.''20, Pl.''Ti.''72c, etc.; οὑξ ἀριστερᾶς.. ναός S.''El.''7; <b class="b3">ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα ἤιε, ἐν ἀριστερῇ ἔχειν</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.42.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[boding ill]], [[ominous]], because to a Greek, looking northward, unlucky signs came from the left, ἀ. ἤλυθεν [[ὄρνις]] Od.20.242.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[awkward]], [[erring]], <b class="b3">φρενόθεν ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ ἔβας</b> [[turn]]edst to the [[leftward]] of thy [[mind]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 182 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ εἴληφας τὸ πρᾶγμα</b> in a [[sinister]] sense, ''Com.Adesp.''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.)