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  • 1 auspicātus

        auspicātus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of auspicor], inaugurated, consecrated by auspices: locus: impetūs Nostros, H.: comitia, L.—Fortunate, favorable, auspicious: Venus auspicatior: auspicatissimum initium, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    auspicata -um, auspicatior -or -us, auspicatissimus -a -um ADJ
    consecrated/approved by auguries, hollowed; auspicious/fortunate/lucky/happy
    II
    augury, taking of auspices

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  • 2 faustus

        faustus adj.    [FAV-], of favorable omen, wellomened, fortunate, favorable, auspicious, lucky: ‘quod bonum faustum felix esset’: Utile sit faustumque precor, O.: omen, L.: i pede fausto, H.: dies! T.: nox urbi!
    * * *
    fausta, faustum ADJ
    favorable; auspicious; lucky, prosperous

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  • 3 albus

        albus adj.,    white (without lustre, opp. ater; cf. candidus, opp. niger): color: hedera, V.: plumbum, i. e. tin, Cs.: parma, i. e. unadorned, V.: canities, O.: vitis, bryony, O.: pallor, ghastly, H.: lapis, marble, H.: pedibus vēnire albis, i. e. with chalked feet (as of slaves for sale), Iu.: stella, propitious, H.: Notus, clear, H.—Prov.: avis alba, a white bird (i. e. a rarity): filius albae gallinae, a white hen's son, i. e. a son of fortune, Iu.—Ater an albus, black or white, i. e. I care not who or what: unde illa scivit ater an albus nascerer, Ph.: is qui albus aterve fuerit ignoras.—Equis albis praecurrere alqm, greatly to surpass (in allusion to the triumphal chariot), H.
    * * *
    alba -um, albior -or -us, albissimus -a -um ADJ
    white, pale, fair, hoary, gray; bright, clear; favorable, auspicious, fortunate

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  • 4 fēlīx

        fēlīx īcis （abl. īcī, once īce, C.), adj. with comp. and sup.    [FEV-], fruitful, productive: arbor, L.: rami Feliciores, H.: Massica Baccho, in vines, V.: felicior regio, O.: limus, fertilizing, V.— Bringing good-luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous: dies, T.: quod tibi mihique sit felix, redeo, L.: omen, O.: Sis bonus o felixque tuis! V.: sententia, O.: (dies) ponere vitem, V.— Lucky, happy, fortunate, prosperous, successful: hominem, T.: Polycratem felicem appellabant: ab omni laude felicior: felicissimus omnium, S.: exercitus magis strenuus quam felix, S.: morte, V.: tempora, Iu.: arma, victory, V.: mālum, wholesome, V.: vobis corrumpendis, successful, L.—Poet.: o te cerebri Felicem! H.: dies operum, V.: felicior Unguere tela, successful in, V.
    * * *
    felicis (gen.), felicior -or -us, felicissimus -a -um ADJ
    happy; blessed; fertile; favorable; lucky; successful, fruitful

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  • 5 sinister

        sinister tra, trum, adj., with comp.    [a double comp. of uncertain origin], left, on the left, on the left hand, at the left side: in sinistro cornu, on the left wing, Cs.: angulus castrorum, Cs.: ripa, H.: tibia, Ph.: manus, N.—As subst f. (sc. manus): sinistrā inpeditā, Cs.: natae ad furta sinistrae, O.: a sinistrā, on the left: miles dextrā ac sinistrā muro tectus, Cs.— Plur m. as subst. (sc. ordines): sinistris additae vires (opp. dextra pars), L.: sinisterior rota, O.—In augury (because the Roman augurs faced south, with the propitious East on the left), favorable, auspicious, fortunate, lucky: ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora: cornix, V.: tonitrūs, O.—(As in Greek augury, where the face was northward), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious: Di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum, O.: avibus sinistris, O.: sinistrum fulmen nuntiare.—Fig., wrong, perverse, improper: mores, V.: natura, Cu.— Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, bad: Notus pecori sinister, V.: interpretatio, Ta.—As subst n.: (matrona) studiosa sinistri, of evil, O.
    * * *
    I
    sinistera -um, sinisterior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ
    left, improper,adverse; inauspicious
    II
    sinistra -um, sinistrior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ
    left, improper,adverse; inauspicious

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  • 6 solistimus (sollist-)

        solistimus (sollist-) adj.    [old sup. of sollus; 3 SAL-], most perfect ; only in the augur's phrase, tripudium solistimum, a most favorable omen, augury entirely auspicious, C., L.

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  • 7 sōspes

        sōspes itis (fem. collat. form sōspīta, ae), adj.    [SAV-, POT-], saved, safe, sound, unhurt, unharmed, uninjured: sospites in patriam restituere, L.: navis ab ignibus, H.— Fortunate, prosperous, happy: fortuna domusque, O.: mutare lares Sospite cursu, H.
    * * *
    (gen.), sospitis ADJ
    safe and sound; auspicious

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  • 8 tuus

        tuus pron poss.    [tu], thy, thine, your, yours: auditor Panaeti illius tui: de tuis unus est: tuae potestatis semper tu tuaque omnia sint, L.: Tuomst mihi ignoscere, it is your part, T.—As subst n., your property, what is yours, your own: tua nummo sestertio a me addicuntur?: pete tu tuum.— Abl sing. f. with the impersonal verb interest or re fert (for the gen. of tu): tuā et meā maxime interest te valere, it greatly concerns you and me: si quid interesse tuā putasses.— Your own, favorable to you, auspicious, proper, suitable, right for you: tempore tuo pugnasti, L.: neque occasioni tuae desis, L.— Of you (for tui, as gen obj.): neque neglegentiā tuā neque odio id fecit tuo, T.: desiderio tuo.
    * * *
    tua, tuum ADJ
    your (sing.)

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  • 9 auspicabilis

    auspicabilis, auspicabile ADJ
    auspicious, of favorable omen

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  • 10 perlito

    perlitare, perlitavi, perlitatus V

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  • 11 auspex

    auspex, spĭcis, comm. [a contraction of avispex, from avis-spicio], a bird inspector, bird-seer, i. e. one who observes the flight, singing, or feeding of birds, and foretells future events therefrom; an augur, soothsayer, diviner (in a lit. signif. far more rare than augur).
    I.
    Lit.:

    latores et auspices legis curiatae,

    Cic. Att. 2, 7:

    ego cui timebo Providus auspex,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 8.—Of the birds from which auguries were taken:

    (galli, gallinacei) victoriarum omnium auspices,

    Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49.—Since little of importance was done in Rome without consulting the auspices, hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    1.. In gen., an author, founder, director, leader, protector, favorer:

    divis Auspicibus coeptorum operum,

    Verg. A. 3, 20:

    Dis equidem auspicibus reor etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 45, and Ov. F. 1, 615: auspice Musā, i. e. under the inspiration of the muse, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13:

    Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro,

    id. C. 1, 7, 27.—
    2.
    Esp., as t. t., the person who witnessed the marriage contract, the reception of the marriage portion, took care that the marriage ceremonies were rightly performed, etc., paranumphios:

    nihil fere quondam majoris rei nisi auspicato ne privatim quidem gerebatur, quod etiam nunc nuptiarum auspices declarant, qui re omissā nomen tantum tenent,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 28; cf. Val. Max. 2, 1, 1; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 346; Plaut. Cas. prol. 86:

    nubit genero socrus nullis auspicibus, nullis auctoribus, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 5, 14; so Liv. 42, 12, 4:

    auspicum verba,

    Tac. A. 11, 27; 15, 37:

    alicui nubere dote inter auspices consignatā,

    Suet. Claud. 26;

    veniet cum signatoribus auspex,

    Juv. 10, 336 Schol.; Luc. 2, 371 Schol.—In fem., Claud. in Rufin. 1, 1, 83; cf. pronubus; auctor, II. F. 3.; and Smith, Dict. Antiq.—
    B.
    A beginning (post-class.), Eum. Pan. Const. 3; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 3.—
    C.
    Adj., fortunate, favorable, auspicious, lucky (post-class.):

    clamor,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 610:

    victoria,

    id. VI. Cons. Hon. 653:

    purpura,

    id. Ep. ad Seren. 57.

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  • 12 auspicabilis

    auspĭcābĭlis, e, adj. [auspicor], of favorable omen, auspicious (post-class.), Arn. 4, p. 131; 7, 3, 237.

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  • 13 auspicor

    auspĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [from auspex, as auguror from augur], to take the auspices.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    (Gracchus) cum pomerium transiret, auspicari esset oblitus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

    tripudio auspicari,

    id. Div. 1, 35, 77; 2, 36, 77:

    Fabio auspicanti aves non addixere,

    Liv. 27, 16, 15; 4, 6, 3; 6, 41, 5 sq. al.—
    B.
    Esp., aliquid or absol., also with inf., to make a beginning, for the sake of a good omen, to begin, enter upon (first freq. after the Aug. per.):

    ipsis Kal. Januariis auspicandi causā omne genus operis instaurant,

    Col. 11, 2, 98:

    auspicandi gratiā tribunal ingredi,

    Tac. A. 4, 36:

    non auspicandi causā, sed studendi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 8:

    auspicatus est et jurisdictionem,

    Suet. Ner. 7:

    auspicabar in Virginem (aquam) desilire,

    Sen. Ep. 83, 5.—
    II.
    In gen., to begin, enter upon a thing:

    auspicari culturarum officia,

    Col. 11, 2, 3; 3, 1, 1:

    homo a suppliciis vitam auspicatur,

    Plin. 7, prooem. §

    3: militiam,

    Suet. Aug. 38:

    cantare,

    id. Ner. 22.— Trop.:

    senatorium per militiam auspicantes gradum,

    attaining, receiving it through military services, Sen. Ep. 47, 10.
    ► a.
    Act. access. form auspĭco, āre, to take the auspices:

    praetor advenit, auspicat auspicium prosperum,

    Naev. 4, 2 (Non. p 468, 28):

    (magistratus) publicae [rei] cum auspicant, Caecil. ap. Non. l. l. (Com. Rel. p. 66 Rib.): auspicetis: cras est communis dies, Atta, ib. (Com. Rel. p. 161 Rib.): Non hodie isti rei auspicavi,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 12:

    mustelam,

    to receive, accept as an augury, id. Stich. 3, 2, 46:

    super aliquā re,

    Gell. 3, 2. —
    b.
    Pass.
    (α).
    Abl. absol.: auspĭcātō, after taking the auspices:

    Romulus non solum auspicato urbem condidisse, sed ipse etiam optimus augur fuisse traditur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3:

    Nihil fere quondam majoris rei nisi auspicato ne privatim quidem gerebatur,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 28:

    qui et consul rogari et augur et auspicato,

    id. N. D. 2, 4, 11; id. Div. 2, 36, 72; 2, 36, 77:

    plebeius magistratus nullus auspicato creatur,

    Liv. 6, 41, 5 sq.; 5, 38; 1, 36;

    28, 28: Hunc (senatum) auspicato a parente et conditore urbis nostrae institutum,

    Tac. H. 1, 84; 3, 72 al.—
    (β).
    auspĭcātus, a, um, part., consecrated by auguries:

    auspicato in loco,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 4:

    non auspicatos contudit impetus Nostros,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 10:

    auspicata comitia,

    Liv. 26, 2, 2 al. —
    (γ).
    Acc. to auspicor, II., begun:

    in bello male auspicato,

    Just. 4, 5. —
    (δ).
    auspĭcātus, a, um, as P. a., fortunate, favorable, lucky, prosperous, auspicious:

    cum Liviam auspicatis rei publicae ominibus duxisset uxorem,

    Vell. 2, 79, 2.— Comp.:

    Venus auspicatior,

    Cat. 45, 26:

    arbor,

    Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.— Sup.:

    auspicatissimum exordium,

    Quint. 10, 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 2:

    initium,

    Tac. G. 11.— Adv.: auspĭcātō, under a good omen, auspiciously:

    ut ingrediare auspicato,

    at a for tunate moment, in a lucky hour, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 57:

    Haud auspicato huc me appuli,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 12:

    qui auspicato a Chelidone surrexisset,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 40, 144.— Comp. auspicatius:

    auspicatius mutare nomen,

    Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105:

    gigni,

    id. 7, 9, 7, § 47.

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  • 14 Faustus

    1.
    faustus, a, um, adj. [for favostus, from faveo; lit., favorable; hence], of favorable or fortunate omen, fortunate, favorable, auspicious, prosperous, lucky (rare but class.; cf.:

    felix, fortunatus, beatus, prosperus, dexter, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: so,

    ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

    utile sit faustumque precor, quod imagine somni Vidimus,

    Ov. F. 3, 27:

    omen,

    Liv. 7, 25, 11; Ov. M. 6, 448; 9, 785 al.; cf.:

    exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

    Lucr. 1, 100:

    i pede fausto,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 37:

    indoles Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus,

    id. C. 4, 4, 26:

    o faustum et felicem hunc diem!

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 53; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118:

    o nox illa fausta huic urbi!

    id. Flacc. 41, 103:

    annus,

    Ov. F. 1, 63:

    nisi tempestas indulget tempore fausto,

    favorable, suitable, Lucr. 1, 805.—Hence, * fauste, adv., favorably, fortunately:

    ut eis quoque hominibus ea res fauste, feliciter prospereque eveniret,

    Cic. Mur. 1, 1.
    2. I.
    A surname of L. Cornelius Sulla, the son of the dictator, also called [p. 731] Faustus Sulla, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Sull. 19, 54; id. Vatin. 13, 32; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 9, 1, 4; 9, 11, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 6.—
    B.
    Deriv.: Faustĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Faustus Sulla, Faustian:

    ager, that produced excellent wine,

    Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62:

    vina,

    Front. Fer. Als. 3.—
    II.
    Fem.: Fausta, ae, daughter of Sulla, wife of Milo, Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2.—
    III.
    A poor tragedian, Juv. 7, 12.

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  • 15 faustus

    1.
    faustus, a, um, adj. [for favostus, from faveo; lit., favorable; hence], of favorable or fortunate omen, fortunate, favorable, auspicious, prosperous, lucky (rare but class.; cf.:

    felix, fortunatus, beatus, prosperus, dexter, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: so,

    ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

    utile sit faustumque precor, quod imagine somni Vidimus,

    Ov. F. 3, 27:

    omen,

    Liv. 7, 25, 11; Ov. M. 6, 448; 9, 785 al.; cf.:

    exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

    Lucr. 1, 100:

    i pede fausto,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 37:

    indoles Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus,

    id. C. 4, 4, 26:

    o faustum et felicem hunc diem!

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 53; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118:

    o nox illa fausta huic urbi!

    id. Flacc. 41, 103:

    annus,

    Ov. F. 1, 63:

    nisi tempestas indulget tempore fausto,

    favorable, suitable, Lucr. 1, 805.—Hence, * fauste, adv., favorably, fortunately:

    ut eis quoque hominibus ea res fauste, feliciter prospereque eveniret,

    Cic. Mur. 1, 1.
    2. I.
    A surname of L. Cornelius Sulla, the son of the dictator, also called [p. 731] Faustus Sulla, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Sull. 19, 54; id. Vatin. 13, 32; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 9, 1, 4; 9, 11, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 6.—
    B.
    Deriv.: Faustĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Faustus Sulla, Faustian:

    ager, that produced excellent wine,

    Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62:

    vina,

    Front. Fer. Als. 3.—
    II.
    Fem.: Fausta, ae, daughter of Sulla, wife of Milo, Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2.—
    III.
    A poor tragedian, Juv. 7, 12.

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  • 16 Felix

    1.
    fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.
    I.
    Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

    arbor,

    Liv. 5, 24, 2:

    arbusta,

    Lucr. 5, 1378:

    rami,

    Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

    rami feliciores,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

    silvae,

    i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

    Massica Baccho,

    fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

    Campania,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

    felicior regio,

    Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

    felix oleae tractus,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

    venti,

    Val. Fl. 6, 711.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—
    2.
    Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

    syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

    also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

    quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

    Liv. 22, 30, 4:

    auspicia,

    Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

    omen,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

    o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

    Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

    sis bonus o felixque tuis!

    id. E. 5, 65:

    terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

    id. G. 1, 345:

    Zephyri,

    id. A. 3, 120:

    sententia,

    Ov. M. 13, 319:

    industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

    Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—
    B.
    Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

    exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

    Lucr. 1, 100:

    Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

    Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

    vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

    id. Font. 15, 33:

    ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

    id. Brut. 16, 63:

    Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

    Sall. J. 95, 4:

    in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

    quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

    id. Lael. 16, 60:

    vade, o felix nati pietate,

    Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

    Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

    i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

    felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

    omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

    id. S. 1, 9, 28:

    Latium felix,

    id. C. S. 66:

    tempora,

    Juv. 2, 38:

    saecula,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

    nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

    id. 12, 11, 22:

    felicissima facilitas,

    id. 10, 1, 111:

    felicissimus sermo,

    id. 9, 4, 27:

    ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

    Prop. 1, 7, 3:

    malum, i. q. salubre,

    salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

    Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

    7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

    felices studiique locique,

    Ov. M. 5, 267:

    felix uteri,

    Sil. 4, 359:

    leti,

    id. 4, 398:

    famae,

    id. 4, 731:

    felices operum dies,

    Verg. G. 1, 277.—
    (γ).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

    happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —
    (δ).
    With gerund. dat. (rare):

    tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

    successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

    hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

    Verg. G. 1, 54.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II.)
    a.
    Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

    ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

    Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

    feliciter, succlamant,

    Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—
    b.
    Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

    omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

    res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

    id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

    navigare,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

    qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

    Ov. M. 7, 659:

    feliciter audet,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

    ob ea feliciter acta,

    Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

    feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

    bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

    re gesta,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

    gerere rem publicam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

    cessit imitatio,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.
    2.
    Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—
    b.
    Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—
    c.
    Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—
    d.
    Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.
    3.
    fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

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  • 17 felix

    1.
    fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.
    I.
    Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

    arbor,

    Liv. 5, 24, 2:

    arbusta,

    Lucr. 5, 1378:

    rami,

    Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

    rami feliciores,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

    silvae,

    i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

    Massica Baccho,

    fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

    Campania,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

    felicior regio,

    Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

    felix oleae tractus,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

    venti,

    Val. Fl. 6, 711.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—
    2.
    Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

    syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

    also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

    quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

    Liv. 22, 30, 4:

    auspicia,

    Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

    omen,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

    o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

    Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

    sis bonus o felixque tuis!

    id. E. 5, 65:

    terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

    id. G. 1, 345:

    Zephyri,

    id. A. 3, 120:

    sententia,

    Ov. M. 13, 319:

    industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

    Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—
    B.
    Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

    exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

    Lucr. 1, 100:

    Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

    Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

    vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

    id. Font. 15, 33:

    ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

    id. Brut. 16, 63:

    Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

    Sall. J. 95, 4:

    in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

    quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

    id. Lael. 16, 60:

    vade, o felix nati pietate,

    Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

    Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

    i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

    felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

    omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

    id. S. 1, 9, 28:

    Latium felix,

    id. C. S. 66:

    tempora,

    Juv. 2, 38:

    saecula,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

    nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

    id. 12, 11, 22:

    felicissima facilitas,

    id. 10, 1, 111:

    felicissimus sermo,

    id. 9, 4, 27:

    ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

    Prop. 1, 7, 3:

    malum, i. q. salubre,

    salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—
    (β).
    With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

    Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

    7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

    felices studiique locique,

    Ov. M. 5, 267:

    felix uteri,

    Sil. 4, 359:

    leti,

    id. 4, 398:

    famae,

    id. 4, 731:

    felices operum dies,

    Verg. G. 1, 277.—
    (γ).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

    happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —
    (δ).
    With gerund. dat. (rare):

    tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

    successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.
    * 1.
    (Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

    hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

    Verg. G. 1, 54.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II.)
    a.
    Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

    ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

    Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

    feliciter, succlamant,

    Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—
    b.
    Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

    omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

    res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

    id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

    navigare,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

    qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

    Ov. M. 7, 659:

    feliciter audet,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

    ob ea feliciter acta,

    Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

    feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

    bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

    re gesta,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

    gerere rem publicam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

    cessit imitatio,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.
    2.
    Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—
    b.
    Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—
    c.
    Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—
    d.
    Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.
    3.
    fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

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  • 18 laetus

    1.
    laetus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root prī-, to cheer; prētis, joy, love; cf. Gr. praüs, praios; Germ. Friede, Freude; cf. also Latin gentile name, Plaetorius], joyful, cheerful, glad, gay, joyous, rejoicing, pleased, delighted, full of joy.
    I.
    Lit., constr. absol., with de, the gen., the inf., or acc. and inf.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    laeti atque erecti,

    Cic. Font. 11, 33:

    alacres laetique,

    id. Sest. 1, 1:

    vultus,

    id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

    dies laetissimi,

    id. Lael. 3, 12.—In neutr. plur. as subst.:

    litterae tuae partim laeta partim tristia continent,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1.—
    (β).
    With de:

    laetus est de amica,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 45.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    laetus animi et ingenii,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1; Tac. A. 2, 26:

    laborum,

    Verg. A. 11, 73:

    irae,

    Sil. 17, 308.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    laetus uterque Spectari superis,

    Sil. 9, 453.—
    (ε).
    With acc. and inf.:

    laetus sum, fratri obtigisse quod volt,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 1:

    laeta est abs te (donum) datum esse,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 2.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Doing a thing with joy, cheerful, ready, willing:

    senatus supplementum etiam laetus decreverat,

    Sall. J. 84, 3:

    descendere regno,

    Stat. Th. 2, 396:

    fatebere laetus nec surdum esse, etc.,

    Juv. 13, 248.—
    B.
    Delighting or taking pleasure in a thing; with abl. or inf.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    et laetum equino sanguine Concanum,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 34:

    laetus stridore catenae,

    Juv. 14, 23:

    plantaribus horti,

    id. 13, 123.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    et ferro vivere laetum Vulgus,

    Sil. 9, 223.—
    C.
    Pleased, satisfied with any thing; delighting in; with abl.:

    classis Romana haudquaquam laeta praedā rediit,

    Liv. 27, 31:

    contentus modicis, meoque laetus,

    Mart. 4, 77, 2.—With gen.:

    laeta laborum,

    Verg. A. 11, 73:

    laetissimus viae,

    indulging to the full, Sil. 17, 308.—
    D.
    Pleasing, pleasant, grateful:

    omnia erant facta hoc biduo laetiora,

    Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    laetique nuntii vulgabantur,

    Tac. A. 1, 5:

    vitium laetissimi fructus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

    virtus haud laeta tyranno,

    Val. Fl. 1, 30:

    militibus id nomen,

    Tac. H. 4, 68.—
    E.
    Favorable, propitious, prosperous:

    venti,

    Val. Fl. 4, 31:

    sors,

    id. 4, 540:

    bellum,

    Sil. 10, 552; Plaut. Am. prol. 2:

    saecula,

    Verg. A. 1, 605:

    exta,

    Suet. Caes. 77:

    cujus (proelii) initium ambiguum, finis laetior,

    Tac. A. 12, 40.—
    F.
    Fortunate, auspicious, lucky:

    prodigium,

    Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197:

    augurium,

    Tac. H. 1, 62:

    laeta et congruentia exta,

    id. ib. 2, 4:

    omina,

    Petr. 122.—
    G.
    Joyous in appearance, delightful, pleasing, beautiful:

    vite quid potest esse cum fructu laetius, tum aspectu pulchrius?

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 53:

    segetes,

    Verg. G. 1, 1:

    lupae fulvo nutricis tegmine,

    id. A. 1, 275:

    ferarum exuviis,

    Ov. M. 1, 475:

    indoles,

    Quint. 2, 4, 4:

    colles frondibus laeti,

    Curt. 5, 4, 9.—
    2.
    In partic., in econom. lang., fertile, rich, of soil:

    ager,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

    laeta Clitumni pascua,

    Juv. 12, 13.—Of cattle, fat:

    glande sues laeti redeunt,

    Verg. G. 2, 520.—
    3.
    Abundant, copious:

    laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,

    Verg. G. 3, 310; 3, 494:

    lucus laetissimus umbrae,

    id. A. 1, 441.—Of style, etc., rich, copious, agreeable:

    nitidum quoddam genus est verborum et laetum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81.—Of the author:

    (Homerus) laetus ac pressus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 46.—
    H.
    Pleasant, agreeable:

    dicendi genus tenue laetioribus numeris corrumpere,

    Quint. 9, 4, 17.—In neutr. sing., adverbially:

    laetumque rubet,

    with joy, with pleasure, Stat. Ach. 1, 323.— Hence, adv.: laetē, joyfully, gladly, cheerfully.
    1.
    Lit. (class.):

    auctorem senatus exstinctum laete atque insolenter tulit,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7:

    laete an severe dicere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40.— Comp., Vell. 2, 45, 3:

    neque refert cujusquam Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

    more eagerly, Tac. A. 4, 33:

    aliquid ausi laetius aut licentius,

    Quint. 2, 4, 14.— Sup.:

    laetissime gaudere,

    Gell. 3, 15, 2.—
    2.
    Transf., fruitfully, abundantly, luxuriantly:

    seges laete virens,

    Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89.— Comp.:

    truncus laetius frondet,

    more fruitfully, more luxuriantly, Col. 5, 9, 10; cf. Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130.—
    3.
    Lightly, not severely, without seriousness:

    si quis putet nos laetius fecisse quam orationis severitas exigat,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 6.
    2.
    laetus, i, m., in late Lat., a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master, a serf, Amm. 20, 8, 13; Eum. Pan. 21, 1.—Hence,
    A.
    laeta, ōrum, n., the land so cultivated, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 10.—
    B.
    laetĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a laetus: laeticae terrae, Cod. Th. 13, 11, 9.

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  • 19 sinister

    sĭnister, tra, trum ( comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister].
    I.
    Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.:

    laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra),

    Quint. 11, 3, 114:

    manus,

    Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    bracchium,

    id. 11, 3, 141:

    latus,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    numerus,

    id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140:

    pes,

    id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159:

    cornu (opp. dextrum),

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.:

    pars,

    id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

    angulus castrorum,

    id. ib. 3, 66:

    ripa,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 18:

    calceus,

    Suet. Aug. 92:

    tibia,

    Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.
    1.
    sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side:

    reicere a sinistro togam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 144; so,

    in sinistrum,

    id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—
    2.
    sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left:

    sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing:

    natae ad furta sinistrae,

    Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1;

    hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,

    id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending:

    idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat,

    Quint. 6, 3, 69 —
    B.
    Transf., the left side:

    cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum?

    Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

    aspicite a sinistrā,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 12:

    aspice nunc ad sinistram,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38:

    sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus,

    id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:

    innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra [p. 1708] pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Comp.:

    in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā),

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:

    bracchium,

    Suet. Dom. 17:

    mamma,

    Cels. 4, 1 med.:

    equus funalis,

    Suet. Tib. 6 fin.:

    rota,

    Ov. M. 2, 139.— Sup., v. supra init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    mores,

    Verg. A. 11, 347:

    liberalitas,

    Cat. 29, 16:

    instituta (Judaeorum),

    Tac. H. 5, 5:

    natura (with prava),

    Curt. 7, 4, 10.—
    B.
    Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister,

    Verg. G. 1, 444:

    interpretatio,

    Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.:

    sermones de Tiberio,

    id. A. 1, 74; so,

    sermones,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    fama eo de homine,

    Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.:

    rumor lenti itineris,

    id. ib. 2, 93 fin.:

    diligentia,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.:

    pugna Cannensis,

    Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9:

    studii signa sinistra mei,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin. —With gen.:

    (Hannibal) fidei sinister,

    faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.:

    pravos fidei,

    id. 3, 253).— Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil:

    (matrona) studiosa sinistri,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—
    C.
    With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf.

    dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.:

    fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia,

    id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99):

    liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so,

    avi sinistra,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf.

    cornix,

    Verg. E. 9, 15:

    volatus avium,

    Plin. Pan. 5, 3:

    tonitrus,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious:

    di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum,

    Ov. H. 13, 49:

    avibus sinistris,

    id. ib. 2, 115:

    sinistris auspiciis,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.:

    fulmen,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

    sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram),

    Cat. 45, 8 and 17;

    cf: sinistro pede proficisci,

    App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely:

    derisum semel exceptumque sinistre,

    Hor. A. P. 452:

    accipere,

    Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.:

    non tam sinistre constitutum est,

    Plin. Pan. 45, 5.

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    sĭnister, tra, trum ( comp. sinisterior; sup. sinistimus, Prisc. pp. 605 and 607 P.; Fest. s. v. dextimum, p. 74; and s. v. sinistrae, p. 339 Müll.), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. from sinus (i. e. togae); cf. Pott, Etym. Forsch. 2, 555; the ending is a double comp. -is and -ter; cf.: magister, minister].
    I.
    Left, on the left, on the left hand or side (syn.:

    laevus, scaevus): manus sinistra (opp. dextra),

    Quint. 11, 3, 114:

    manus,

    Nep. Dat. 3; Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    bracchium,

    id. 11, 3, 141:

    latus,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    numerus,

    id. 11, 3, 93; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 140:

    pes,

    id. 11, 3, 125; 11, 3, 159:

    cornu (opp. dextrum),

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 62; id. B. C. 2, 34; 3, 67 al.:

    pars,

    id. B. G. 2, 23; id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

    angulus castrorum,

    id. ib. 3, 66:

    ripa,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 18:

    calceus,

    Suet. Aug. 92:

    tibia,

    Phaedr. 5, 7, 7 et saep.—As substt.
    1.
    sĭnistrum, i, n. (sc. latus), the left side:

    reicere a sinistro togam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 144; so,

    in sinistrum,

    id. 11, 3, 109; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 114; 11, 3, 135.—
    2.
    sĭnistra, ae, f. (sc. manus), the left hand, the left:

    sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25; id. B. C. 1, 75 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 131; 11, 3, 160; Suet. Claud. 21; Ov. M. 12, 89 et saep.—Used in stealing:

    natae ad furta sinistrae,

    Ov. M. 13, 111; cf. Cat. 12, 1;

    hence, of a thief's accomplices: Porci et Socration, duae sinistrae Pisonis,

    id. 47, 1.—As bearing the shield and defending:

    idem (Afer) per allegoriam M. Caelium melius obicientem crimina quam defendentem, Bonam dextram, malam sinistram habere dicebat,

    Quint. 6, 3, 69 —
    B.
    Transf., the left side:

    cur a dextrā corvus, a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum?

    Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

    aspicite a sinistrā,

    id. Phil. 6, 5, 12:

    aspice nunc ad sinistram,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38:

    sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    miles dexterā ac sinistrā muro tectus,

    id. B. C. 2, 15; cf.:

    innumerabiles supra infra, dextrā sinistrā, ante post ejusmodi mundos esse,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125.— Rarely in plur.: sinistris repentino consilio Poetelii consulis additae vires (opp. dextra [p. 1708] pars), Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Comp.:

    in sinisteriore parte (= sinistrā),

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, cornu (opp. dexterius), Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:

    bracchium,

    Suet. Dom. 17:

    mamma,

    Cels. 4, 1 med.:

    equus funalis,

    Suet. Tib. 6 fin.:

    rota,

    Ov. M. 2, 139.— Sup., v. supra init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Awkward, wrong, perverse, improper ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    mores,

    Verg. A. 11, 347:

    liberalitas,

    Cat. 29, 16:

    instituta (Judaeorum),

    Tac. H. 5, 5:

    natura (with prava),

    Curt. 7, 4, 10.—
    B.
    Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, ill, bad, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    arboribus satisque Notus pecorique sinister,

    Verg. G. 1, 444:

    interpretatio,

    Tac. Agr. 5 fin.; cf.:

    sermones de Tiberio,

    id. A. 1, 74; so,

    sermones,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    fama eo de homine,

    Tac. A. 6, 32; 11, 19; id. H. 1, 51 fin.:

    rumor lenti itineris,

    id. ib. 2, 93 fin.:

    diligentia,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 28, 3 et saep.:

    pugna Cannensis,

    Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 9:

    studii signa sinistra mei,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 64; v. also infra, C. fin. —With gen.:

    (Hannibal) fidei sinister,

    faithless, Sil. 1, 56 (cf.:

    pravos fidei,

    id. 3, 253).— Subst.: sĭnistrum, i, n., evil:

    (matrona) studiosa sinistri,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 257.—
    C.
    With respect to auspices and divination, acc. to the Roman notions, lucky, favorable, auspicious (because the Romans on these occasions turned the face towards the south, and so had the eastern or fortunate side on the left; while the Greeks, turning to the north, had it on their right; cf.

    dexter, II. 2.): ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora. Quamquam haud ignoro, quae bona sint, sinistra nos dicere, etiam si dextra sint, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf.:

    fulmen sinistrum auspicium optimum habemus ad omnes res praeterquam ad comitia,

    id. ib. 2, 35, 74 (with this cf. id. Phil. 2, 38, 99):

    liquido exeo foras Auspicio, avi sinistra,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so,

    avi sinistra,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 72; cf.

    cornix,

    Verg. E. 9, 15:

    volatus avium,

    Plin. Pan. 5, 3:

    tonitrus,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 49.—Sometimes in the Greek sense (or in direct reference to the signif. B.), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious:

    di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum,

    Ov. H. 13, 49:

    avibus sinistris,

    id. ib. 2, 115:

    sinistris auspiciis,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, 2 fin.:

    fulmen,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

    sinistram approbationem (opp. dextram),

    Cat. 45, 8 and 17;

    cf: sinistro pede proficisci,

    App. M. 1, p. 104, 23.—Hence, adv.: sĭnistrē, badly, wrongly, perversely:

    derisum semel exceptumque sinistre,

    Hor. A. P. 452:

    accipere,

    Tac. H. 1, 7; 3, 52 fin.:

    non tam sinistre constitutum est,

    Plin. Pan. 45, 5.

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