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  • 1 laevus

    laevus, a, um, adj. [cf. Gr. laios], left, on the left side (mostly poet.; syn.: sinister, scaevus).
    I.
    Lit.: ut idem nunc sit laevus;

    et e laevo sit mutua dexter,

    Lucr. 4, 301 (325):

    manus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145:

    ab laeva manu,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 1: habeo equidem hercle oculum. Py. At laevom dico, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 24:

    latus,

    Ov. M. 12, 415: auris id. ib. 12, 336:

    pes,

    id. ib. 12, 101:

    umerus,

    id. H. 9, 62:

    Pontus,

    lying to the left, id. P. 4, 9, 119:

    iter,

    Verg. A. 5, 170:

    habena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 12:

    amnis,

    the left bank, Tac. A. 2, 8:

    laevā in parte mamillae,

    Juv. 7, 159. —
    B. 1.
    laeva, ae, f.
    (α).
    (Sc. manus.) The left hand:

    opsecro te hanc per dexteram, perque hanc sororem laevam,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 9:

    Ilionea petit dextrā, laevāque Serestum,

    Verg. A. 1, 611; id. ib. 2, 552;

    7, 188: cognovi clipeum laevae gestamina nostrae,

    Ov. M. 15, 163; id. ib. 4, 782;

    8, 321: hinc factum est ut usus anulorum exemtus dexterae, in laevam relegaretur,

    Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; so,

    dextera laevaque,

    Juv. 6, 561; 658.—
    (β).
    (Sc. pars.) The left side:

    laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit,

    Verg. A. 3, 563:

    laevam pete,

    go to the left, Ov. M. 3, 642.—Esp. freq. adv.: laevā, on the left side, on the left:

    dextrā montibus, laevā Tiberi amne saeptus,

    on the left, Liv. 4, 32:

    dextrā laevāque duo maria claudunt,

    id. 21, 43: so, a laevā: Diana facem jacit a laeva, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. Rel. v. 55 Vahl.); Vulg. Exod. 14, 22.—So, ad laevam, in laevam, to the left, on the left: ante, et pone;

    ad laevam, et ad dexteram,

    Cic. Univ. 13:

    si in laevam detorserit,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.—
    2.
    In neutr.: laevum, on the left ( poet.):

    intonuit laevum,

    Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631:

    laevum extendere comas,

    Juv. 6, 495: in laevum, adverbially, to the left:

    fleximus in laevum cursus,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

    dixit in laevum conversus,

    Juv. 4, 120 (Jahn, in laevam).— Plur.: laeva, ōrum, n., places lying on the left:

    laeva tenent Thetis et Melite,

    Verg. A. 5, 825:

    Thracen et laeva Propontidos intrat,

    Ov. F. 5, 257.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Awkward, stupid, foolish, silly:

    si mens non laeva fuisset,

    Verg. E. 1, 16; id. A. 2, 54:

    o ego laevus, Qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

    Hor. A. P. 301.—
    B.
    Of ill omen, unfavorable, inconvenient; unfortunate, unlucky, bad, pernicious:

    Sirius laevo contristat lumine caelum,

    Verg. A. 10, 275:

    peccatum fateor, cum te sic tempore laevo Interpellarim,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 4:

    teque nec laevus vetat ire picus,

    id. C. 3, 27, 15:

    laevo monitu pueros producit avaros,

    Juv. 14, 228:

    omen,

    Val. Fl. 6, 70:

    ignis,

    i. e. a pestilence, Stat. Th. 1, 634; Claud. Idyll. 2, 92; Sil. 1, 464 Rupert; so,

    numina laeva (opp. dextra or propitia),

    unfavorable gods, hostile deities, Verg. G. 4, 7 Jahn and Forbig. ad loc.:

    impia Cappadocum tellus et numine laevo Visa tibi,

    Mart. 6, 85, 3; Sil. 14, 494; 15, 512; Arn. adv. Gent. 3, 26.—
    C.
    In the language of augurs, fortunate, lucky, propitious (because the Romans, by turning their faces to the south, had the eastern signs on their left hand;

    v. sinister): laeva prospera existimantur, quoniam laevā parte mundi ortus est,

    Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142; cf. Liv. 1, 18:

    omina,

    Phaedr. 3, 18, 12:

    tonitru dedit omina laevo Juppiter,

    Ov. F. 4, 833; cf. Verg. A. 2, 693; 9, 631 (I. B. 2 supra).—Hence, adv.: laevē, awkwardly, wrongly ( poet.), Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 52.

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  • 2 laevus

        laevus adj., λαιόσ, left, on the left side: manus: auris, O.: Pontus, to the left, O.: iter, V.: habena, H.: laevā parte, on the left, O.—As subst. n the left: fleximus in laevum cursūs, O.: In laevum conversus, Iu.: in laeva Italiae flexit iter, L.: Laeva tenent Thetis et Melite, the left, V.— Neut. As adv., on the left: Intonuit laevum, i. e. propitiously, V.: laevum extendere comas, Iu.— Fig., awkward, stupid, foolish, silly: mens, V.: o ego laevus, H.—Of ill omen, unfavorable, inconvenient, unfortunate, unlucky, bad, pernicious: Sirius laevo contristat lumine caelum, V.: Teque nec laevus vetat ire picus, H.: Numina, unfavorable gods, hostile deities, V.—In the language of augurs, fortunate, lucky, propitious (because the augur faced the south, and the east or propitious side was on the left; see sinister): omina: tonitru, O.
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    laeva, laevum ADJ
    left, on the left hand; from the left; unpropitious, unfavorable, harmful

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  • 3 laevus

    I.
    the left hand, left side, left-handed.
    II.
    foolish, silly / unlucky, unpropitious.

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  • 4 scaevus

    scaevus, a, um, adj. [kindred with Sanscr. savya, laevus, sinister, as the Gr. skaios and the Germ. schief, oblique], left, that is on the left, towards the left side (rare; most freq. in Appul.; syn. laevus, sinister).
    I.
    Lit.:

    itinera portarum,

    i. e. running from right to left, Vitr. 1, 5, 2:

    iter,

    Serv. Verg. A. 3, 351.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Awkward, perverse, stupid, silly:

    scaevus profecto et caecus animi forem, si, etc.,

    Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    mulier,

    App. M. 9, p. 223, 22:

    scaevus iste Romulus,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 5 Dietsch:

    fabula,

    Paul. Nol. Carm. 11, 44.—
    B.
    Of fortune, unfavorable, untoward, unlucky: fortunam scaevam an saevam verius dixerim, App. M. 2, p. 120, 21:

    praesagium,

    id. ib. 10, p. 247; 7, p. 194, 39.— Sup.:

    scaevissimum somnium,

    App. M. 4, p. 154, 23.—Hence, subst.: scaeva, ae, f., a sign or token in the sky (observed by a Roman on his left; v. laevus), an omen: bonae scaevae causă...Ea dicta ab scaevā id est sinistră, quod quae sinistra sunt, bona auspicia existimantur...a Graeco est, quod hi sinistram vocant skaian, Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 325 ib.:

    bona scaeva est mihi,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 39; so,

    bona,

    id. Stich. 5, 2, 24:

    canina scaeva,

    taken from the barking of a dog, id. Cas. 5, 4, 4.

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  • 5 dexter

    dexter, tĕra, tĕrum, and more freq. tra, trum ( dat. plur. fem.: dextrabus manibus, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 493, 20.— Comp. dextĕrĭor; sup. dextĭmus), adj. [dex-ter, root dek-, Gr. dekomai, whence daktulos, digitus; cf. Germ. Finger, from fangen; cf. also Sanscr. dakshinas, on the right hand, and Gr. dex-ios], to the right, on the right side, right (opp. laevus, sinister).
    I.
    Prop.:

    ut ante oculos fuerit qui dexter hic idem nunc sit laevus,

    Lucr. 4, 302:

    manus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 49; 50; id. Capt. 2, 3, 82; Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

    pars membrorum (opp. laeva),

    Lucr. 4, 293:

    umeri,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:

    latus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6; Ov. M. 13, 730 et saep.:

    cornu,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 2; 2, 23, 4 et saep.:

    ala,

    Liv. 31, 21:

    acies,

    id. 27, 48 et saep.: dextrarum tibiarum genus est, quae dextra tenentur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 5 Müll. et saep.:

    dextra ejus (fluminis) accolunt Deximontani,

    Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99.— Comp. in signification = dexter, but spoken of two only:

    in dexteriore parte, opp. sinisteriore,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so,

    pars, opp. laeva,

    Ov. M. 7, 241:

    rota, opp. sinisterior,

    id. ib. 2, 138:

    armus,

    id. ib. 12, 303:

    umerus,

    Suet. Claud. 7:

    latus,

    id. Galb. 21: cornu, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3 et saep.— Sup.: dextimus, a, um, an ancient and rare form, in signif. i. q. dexter: dextima via, Varr. ap. Non. 94, 30:

    apud dextimos,

    Sall. J. 100, 2.—
    II.
    Trop. (perh. not in ante-Aug. prose).
    1.
    Handy, dexterous, skilful; opportune, proper, suitable, fitting:

    rem ita dexter egit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 8, 36:

    et Marius scriptis dexter in omne genus,

    Ov. Pont. 4, 16, 24:

    quis rebus dexter modus,

    Verg. A. 4, 294:

    tempus,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 18.—
    2.
    (Since the Greeks regarded an omen on the right as favorable) favorable, propitious, fortunate: dextra auspicia prospera, Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 4 Müll.; cf.

    omen,

    Val. Fl. 1, 245:

    dexter adi,

    Verg. A. 8, 302; cf.:

    dexter ac volens assit (numen),

    Quint. 4 prooem. 5:

    Jove,

    Pers. 5, 114:

    sidere,

    Stat. S. 3, 4, 63 et saep.—Hence,

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  • 6 dexter

        dexter tera, terum, and tra, trum, adj.    with comp. dexterior and sup. dextimus, to the right, on the right side, right (opp. laevus, sinister): manus: umeri, Cs.: latus, H.: hostium, Cs.: cornum, T.: cornu, Cs.: acies, L.: dextris adducor litora remis, rowing to the right, O.: Quo tantum dexter abis? so far to the right, V.: Lyncea dexter Occupat, on the right, V.: Dextera Sigaei ara est sacrata, on the right, O.: dexteriore parte, O.: Neu te dexterior (rota) declinet, O.: apud dextimos, on the extreme right, S.—Handy, dexterous, skilful, opportune, suitable: Marius scripti dexter in omne genus, O.: quīs rebus dexter modus, V.: tempus, H.—Of good omen, favorable, propitious: dexter stetit, H.: dexter adi, V.: tempus, H.
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    dextra -um, dexterior -or -us, dextimus -a -um ADJ
    skillful, dexterous; favorable, fortunate; right, on the right hand

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  • 7 laeva

        laeva ae, f    [laevus], the left hand (sc. manus): petit dextrā laevāque Serestum, V.: Cognovi clipeum laevae gestamina nostrae, O.— The left side, left (sc. pars): Laevam cohors petivit, V.: laevam pete, go to the left, O.—Abl. As adv., on the left side, on the left: dextrā montibus, laevā amne saeptus, on the left, L.
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  • 8 laevē

        laevē adv.    [laevus], left-handedly, awkwardly: non laeve, cleverly, H.

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  • 9 vetō

        vetō (old votō), uī, itus, āre    [VET-], not to suffer, not to permit, to oppose, forbid, prohibit: antiquae sunt leges, quae vetant: Aruspex vetuit, T.: vetant leges Iovis, H.: res ipsa vetat, O.: bella, V.: quid iubeatve vetetve, O.; cf. (ludere) vetitā legibus aleā, H.: cum facerem Versiculos, vetuit me Quirinus, etc., H.: Quippe vetor fatis, V.: furem luce occidi vetant XII tabulae: ab opere legatos Caesar discedere vetuerat, Cs.: ridentem dicere verum Quid vetat? H.: castra... vallo muniri, Cs.: ut a praefecto morum Hasdrubal cum eo vetaretur esse, N.: Edicto vetuit, ne quis se praeter Apellen Pingeret, H.: vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Volgarit arcanae, sub isdem Sit trabibus, H.: nec laevus vetat ire picus, H.: Quis vetat et stellas... Dicere? O.: ait esse vetitum intro ad eram accedere, T.—As the technical term for protest interposed by a tribune of the people against any measure of the Senate or of the magistrates, I forbid, I protest: faxo ne iuvet vox ista ‘veto,’ quā nunc concinentes, etc., L.
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    I
    vetare, vetavi, vetatus V TRANS
    forbid, prohibit; reject, veto; be an obstacle to; prevent
    II
    vetare, vetui, vetitus V TRANS
    forbid, prohibit; reject, veto; be an obstacle to; prevent

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  • 10 calceus

    calcĕus (also calcĭus; cf. Burm. and Oud. Suet. Aug. 73, and Calig. 52), i, m. [calx], a shoe, a half-boot (covering the whole foot, while soleae, sandals, covered only the lower part, Gell. 13, 22, 5; v. solea, and cf. Liddell and Scott s. v. hupodêma, and Dict. of Antiq.;

    very freq. and class.): calcei muliebres sint an viriles,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 Müll.;

    Titin. ap. Fest. s. v. mulleos, p. 142 ib. (Com. Rel. p. 128 Rib.): calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

    calcei et toga,

    id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    in calceo pulvis,

    id. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 11, 3, 137; cf. id. 11, 3, 143; 6, 3, 74:

    laxus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 32. laxatus, Suet. Oth. 6:

    sinister, dexter,

    id. Aug. 92:

    laevus,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

    pede major subvertet, minor uret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 42.—When the Romans reclined at table they laid aside their shoes;

    hence, calceos poscere (like soleas poscere, v. solea),

    i. e. to rise from table, Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 3:

    calceos et vestimenta mutavit,

    changed, Cic. Mil. 10, 28; but also, because senators wore a peculiar kind of half - boot (cf. Becker, Gallus, III. p. 132, 2d ed.): calceos mutare, i e. to become senator, Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 28.

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  • 11 calcius

    calcĕus (also calcĭus; cf. Burm. and Oud. Suet. Aug. 73, and Calig. 52), i, m. [calx], a shoe, a half-boot (covering the whole foot, while soleae, sandals, covered only the lower part, Gell. 13, 22, 5; v. solea, and cf. Liddell and Scott s. v. hupodêma, and Dict. of Antiq.;

    very freq. and class.): calcei muliebres sint an viriles,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 Müll.;

    Titin. ap. Fest. s. v. mulleos, p. 142 ib. (Com. Rel. p. 128 Rib.): calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

    calcei et toga,

    id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    in calceo pulvis,

    id. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 11, 3, 137; cf. id. 11, 3, 143; 6, 3, 74:

    laxus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 32. laxatus, Suet. Oth. 6:

    sinister, dexter,

    id. Aug. 92:

    laevus,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

    pede major subvertet, minor uret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 42.—When the Romans reclined at table they laid aside their shoes;

    hence, calceos poscere (like soleas poscere, v. solea),

    i. e. to rise from table, Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 3:

    calceos et vestimenta mutavit,

    changed, Cic. Mil. 10, 28; but also, because senators wore a peculiar kind of half - boot (cf. Becker, Gallus, III. p. 132, 2d ed.): calceos mutare, i e. to become senator, Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 28.

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  • 12 lacertus

    1.
    lăcertus, i, m., the muscular part of the arm, from the shoulder to the elbow, the upper arm.
    I.
    Lit., opp. bracchium, the forearm, Lucr. 4, 829; cf.:

    laudat digitosque manusque, Bracchiaque et nudos mediā plus parte lacertos,

    Ov. M. 1, 501; and:

    subjecta lacertis brachia sunt,

    id. ib. 14, 304; cf. also Quint. 8 prooem. 19:

    brachia quoque et lacertos auro colunt,

    Curt. 8, 9, 21.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The arm (esp. as brawny, muscular):

    nam scutum gladium galeam in onere nostri milites non plus numerant quam umeros, lacertos, manus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    Milo Crotoniates nobilitatus ex lateribus et lacertis suis,

    Cic. de Sen. 9, 27:

    excusso lacerto telum torquere,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 6; Prop. 2, 18 (3, 15), 37:

    lacertos collo imponere,

    Ov. H. 16, 219:

    lacerto jaculari,

    id. Am. 3, 12, 27:

    amplecti,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 11:

    candida cingantur colla lacertis,

    id. A. A. 2, 457:

    laevus,

    Verg. A. 11, 693; Hor. S. 1, 6, 74:

    adducto contortum hastile lacerto immittit,

    Verg. A. 11, 561:

    secto requiem sperare lacerto,

    Juv. 6, 106. —Of bees:

    spicula exacuunt rostris, aptantque lacertos,

    i. e. make trial of, Verg. G. 4, 74.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A blow or cast from a strong arm, Sil. 16, 562; 1, 262.—
    2.
    Trop., muscular power, muscle, strength, military force:

    in Lysia saepe sunt lacerti, sic ut fieri nihil possit valentius,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 64:

    hastas oratoris lacertis viribusque torquere,

    id. de Or. 1, 57, 242:

    me civilis tulit aestus in arma, Caesaris Augusti non responsura lacertis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 48;

    Flor. prooem. § 8: viribus confisus admirandisque lacertis,

    Juv. 10, 11.
    2.
    lăcertus, i, a lizard; a sea-fish; v. lacerta.

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  • 13 laeva

    laeva, ae, f., the left hand, v. laevus, I. B. 1.

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  • 14 laeve

    laevē, adv. v. laevus fin.

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  • 15 laevorsum

    laevorsum and laevorsus, adv. [laevus-versum], on the left hand, to or towards the left (post-class.):

    laevorsum vel dextrorsum,

    App. Flor. 1, p. 340, 41; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.; Amm. 14, 3, 2:

    laevorsus flexus itinere,

    id. 31, 10, 11 al.

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  • 16 laevorsus

    laevorsum and laevorsus, adv. [laevus-versum], on the left hand, to or towards the left (post-class.):

    laevorsum vel dextrorsum,

    App. Flor. 1, p. 340, 41; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.; Amm. 14, 3, 2:

    laevorsus flexus itinere,

    id. 31, 10, 11 al.

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  • 17 levir

    lēvir, ĭri, m. [for dēvir, kindred with Sanscr. dēvar, whence juvān = juvenis; Gr. daêr], a husband's brother, brother-inlaw: viri frater levir est: apud Graecos daêr appellatur, Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6:

    levir dicitur frater mariti, quasi laevus vir,

    Non. 557, 8: levir est uxori meae frater meus (i. e. my brother is levir to my wife), Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll. N. cr.

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  • 18 praeposterus

    prae-postĕrus, a, um, adj., reversed, inverted, perverted, distorted, absurd, preposterous, unseasonable, etc. (class.; syn.: intempestivus, perversus).
    I.
    Of persons, absurd, preposterous:

    ut erat semper praeposterus atque perversus,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 71:

    imperator,

    id. Pis. 38, 92:

    homines,

    Sall. J. 85, 12.—
    II.
    Of things concr. and abstract:

    praeposteri ficus,

    figs out of season, too late, Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 117: natalis, an inverted birth, i. e. with the feet foremost, id. 7, 8, 6, § 46:

    praeposteri aut praeproperi rigores,

    id. 18, 25, 57, § 208:

    dies,

    id. 17, 24, 37, § 216:

    frigus,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 1:

    quid tam perversum praeposterumve dici, aut excogitari potest?

    Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 37:

    ut ne quid perturbatum ac discrepans, aut praeposterum sit,

    id. de Or. 3, 11, 40:

    tempora,

    id. ib. 3, 13, 49:

    gratulatio,

    id. Sull. 32, 91:

    consilia,

    id. Lael. 22, 85:

    ordo,

    Lucr. 3, 621:

    praepostera et intempestiva oratio,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: praepostĕrē, in a reversed order, irregularly (class.):

    litteras reddere,

    Cic. Att. 7, 16, 1:

    agere cum aliquo,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 67:

    laevus calceus praepostere inductus,

    the left inslead of the right, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

    dicere aliquid,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 28:

    syllogismo uti,

    Gell. 2, 8, 1;

    and praepostero,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 2.

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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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sinister

  • 20 sinistrum

    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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