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sinistri

  • 1 īnstituō

        īnstituō uī, ūtus, ere    [1 in+statuo], to put in place, plant, fix, set: vestigia nuda sinistri pedis, V.: hominem in animum, i. e. to set one's heart on, T.—Of troops, to draw up, arrange: duplici acie institutā, Cs.: quam (aciem) sex cohortium, Cs.— To set up, erect, plant, found, establish, arrange: ubi institui vineae possunt: officinam Syracusis: Amphora fumum bibere instituta, set, H.—To make, build, fabricate, construct: navīs, Cs.: turrīs, Cs.: amphora coepit Institui, H.: delectum, Cs.—To make ready, prepare, furnish, provide: pilorum numerus instituitur, Cs.: dapes, V.— Fig., to institute, found, establish, organize, set up: alii illis domi honores instituti, S.: instituta sacrificia, Cs.: magistratum: nostro more institutus exercitus, organized: Saturnalia institutus festus dies, L.: sacros ludos, O.—To constitute, appoint, designate, single out: eum testamento heredem, S.: ut ille filius instituatur, be adopted: tutorem liberis.— To ordain: Arcesilas instituit, ut ii, qui, etc.: institutum est, ut fierent (quaestores), L.: antiquitus institutum videtur, ne quis, etc., Cs.— To undertake, begin, commence: ut instituimus, pergamus: pontem instituit, biduo perfecit, Cs.: historia nec institui potest sine, etc.: iter, H.: cum populo R. amicitiam, S.: mutare res inter se instituerant, had opened commerce, S.: institui Topica conscribere: si quae mulier conviviis uti instituerit, made it a practice.—To purpose, determine, resolve upon: decernite, ut instituistis: ut instituerat, according to his custom, Cs.: ab instituto cursu, purposed: quos habere secum instituerat, Cs.—To order, govern, administer, regulate, control, direct: Sapienter vitam, T.: libri de civitatibus instituendis.—To teach, instruct, train up, educate: sic tu instituis adulescentīs?: ita Helvetios a maioribus institutos esse, uti, etc., Cs.: calamos cerā coniungere, V.: artibus hunc, Iu.: de isto genere, to give instruction: eos ad maiorum instituta: alquem sic ut, etc.: nos, ne quem coleremus, S.
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    instituere, institui, institutus V
    set up, establish, found, make, institute; build; prepare; decide

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  • 2 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.
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    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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  • 3 tonitrus

        tonitrus ūs, m plur nom. and acc. tonitrūs m or tonitrua, n    [tono], thunder: tonitrum secuti nimbi, O.: caelum tonitru contremit, C. poët.: tonitruque tremescunt Ardua terrarum, V.: tonitrūs sinistri, O.: inter fulmina et tonitrua: tempestas cum magno fragore tonitribusque, L.: movere tonitrūs, O.
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  • 4 insisto

    in-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n., to set foot upon, to stand, tread, or press upon; constr. mostly with dat., also with in and abl. or acc., or the simple acc. (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6:

    ut proximi jacentibus insisterent,

    stepped upon them, Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

    alternis pedibus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 128:

    volucres metuunt insistere ramis,

    Luc. 3, 407:

    vestigiis,

    Liv. 25, 33 fin.:

    huic (saxo) institerat frustra,

    Ov. F. 5, 150:

    plantis,

    Juv. 6, 96:

    clamoso circo,

    occupy a place in, id. 9, 144.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    insistebat in manu Cereris dextra simulacrum Victoriae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110:

    cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt,

    id. Rep. 6, 20:

    in jugo,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    ipse non insistere in terra poterat,

    Curt. 7, 7, 6.—
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    in sinistrum pedem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.:

    corvus repente super galeam insistit,

    lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—
    (δ).
    With the simple acc.:

    plantam,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

    limen,

    to step upon, to tread the threshold, Verg. A. 6, 563:

    vestigia nuda sinistri pedis,

    id. ib. 7, 690:

    primis infans vestigia plantis,

    id. ib. 11, 574:

    cineres,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To enter on or pursue a way, path, or journey:

    cum semel institerunt vestigia certa viaï,

    Lucr. 1, 407:

    huc an illuc iter,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11:

    omnes itinera insistant sua,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 14:

    quam insistam viam,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—
    2.
    In hostile sense, to follow, pursue, press on; with dat.:

    effusis hostibus,

    Liv. 26, 44, 4:

    fugientibus,

    id. 27, 13, 4:

    contenti non institere cedentibus,

    Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.— Pass. impers.:

    ut fracto jam Maroboduo, usque in exitium insisteretur,

    Tac. A. 2, 62.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to follow, pursue.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    viam domandi,

    Verg. G. 3, 164:

    rationem pugnae,

    plan, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    vestigiis laudum suarum,

    Liv. 5, 30, 2:

    honoribus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To follow up, pursue an object or enterprise; to press vigorously, apply one ' s self to:

    in dolos,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4:

    totus et mente et animo in bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.:

    hoc negotium,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:

    manus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.:

    rebus magnis,

    Tib. 4, 1, 135:

    perdomandae Campaniae,

    Tac. H. 3, 77.—
    2.
    To set about, devote one's self to, to begin with zeal; with inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2:

    Appium institit sequi,

    id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.:

    postero die ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt,

    id. 22, 51, 5:

    flagitare senatus institit Coruntum, ut,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.:

    sic institit ore,

    i. e. began to speak, Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.:

    sic insistit secumque corde volutat,

    i. e. to reflect, think, id. ib. 4, 533.—
    3.
    To persevere, continue, persist in; with inf.:

    credere,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53:

    tueri,

    Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.:

    sin crudelitati insisteret,

    Tac. A. 16, 25:

    spei,

    id. H. 2, 46:

    caedibus,

    id. A. 2, 21:

    studiis,

    to pursue diligently, Quint. 1, 12, 10:

    obsidioni,

    Curt. 7, 6, 23:

    curae rerum,

    Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2:

    funeri,

    to set forward, id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.:

    importune,

    to persist, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—
    4.
    To press upon, urge; with dat.:

    atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant,

    Col. 12, 3, 9:

    id bellum ipsis institit moenibus,

    was at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.— Absol.:

    dilataque tempora taedae Institerant,

    were at hand, Ov. M. 9, 769:

    institit quantum potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret,

    urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —
    III.
    To press upon, repress; and hence, to halt, pause, stop, stand still:

    stellarum motus insistunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

    ut non referat pedem, insistet certe,

    id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60:

    quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187:

    saepe accidit, ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum,

    id. ib. 66, 221; so, to pause in thought, hesitate, doubt:

    ille in reliquis rebus non poterit eodem modo insistere?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—
    B.
    To dwell upon, delay at, treat or consider at length:

    ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi iste non possit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172:

    insistendum ei (arbori) paulum,

    Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100:

    profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae,

    Ov. R. Am. 315.

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  • 5 instituo

    instĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum (institivi, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 2), 3, v. a. [in-statuo].
    I.
    To put or place into, to plant, fix, set (cf.: instruo, informo;

    class.): vestigia nuda sinistri Instituere pedis,

    Verg. A. 7, 690.— Trop.: argumenta in pectus multa institui, I have put, i. e. formed in my heart, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 2: quemquamne hominem in animum instituere, aut parare, i. e. to set his heart on (al. in animo), Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 13.—
    2.
    To set up, erect, plant, establish, arrange:

    vestigia,

    Lucr. 4, 474:

    arborem,

    Suet. Galb. 1:

    pratum,

    Col. 2, 18, 3:

    jugera tercenta, ubi institui vineae possunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

    portorium vini,

    to lay on, impose, id. Font. 5:

    instituit officinam Syracusis in regia maximam,

    founded, erected, id. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

    mercatum,

    id. Phil. 3, 12:

    codicem et conscribere,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2:

    bibliothecam,

    Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 10. —
    B.
    In gen., to make, fabricate, construct:

    magnus muralium pilorum numerus instituitur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 39:

    naves,

    to build, id. ib. 5, 11:

    pontem,

    to construct, id. ib. 4, 18:

    turres,

    id. ib. 5, 52:

    amphora coepit institui,

    Hor. A. P. 22:

    convivia,

    Suet. Tit. 7:

    longiorem sermonem,

    to hold, Caes. B. G. 5, 37:

    delectum,

    id. B. C. 1, 16:

    remiges ex provincia,

    to obtain, procure, id. B. G. 3, 9.—
    2.
    To prepare, furnish, provide (viands, food, a feast, etc.):

    dapes,

    Verg. A. 7, 109:

    convivium,

    Just. 12, 13, 6:

    convivia jucunda,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To institute, found, establish, organize, set up (of institutions, governments, etc.); cf.:

    ibi regnum magnum institutum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 30:

    quo in magistratu non institutum est a me regnum, sed repressum,

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21: so,

    magistratum,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

    de civitatibus instituendis littera,

    id. de Or. 1, 19, 86:

    civitatis formam,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    is id regnum cum fratribus suis instituit,

    Lact. 1, 13, 14:

    ab instituta gente,

    Amm. 17, 13, 27:

    collegium figulorum,

    Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 159:

    aerarium militare,

    Suet. Aug. 49:

    stipendia,

    id. Claud. 5.—So of holidays, games, etc.:

    ferias diesque festos,

    Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284:

    Saturnalia institutus festus dies,

    Liv. 2, 21, 2:

    sacros ludos,

    Ov. M. 1, 446.—
    B.
    To institute, appoint one, esp. as heir or to an office:

    qui me cum tutorem, tum etiam secundum heredem instituerit,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 61:

    Populum Romanum tutorem,

    id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    magistratum,

    id. Att. 6, 1; Suet. Caes. 83; id. Vitel. 6; id. Claud. 1; Just. 7, 2, 5; Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9.—
    C.
    With ut, to ordain that: Arcesilas instituit, ut ii, qui, etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 2:

    ut fierent quaestores),

    Liv. 4, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—With the simple subj.:

    instituit, quotannis subsortitio a praetore fieret,

    Suet. Caes. 41.—
    D.
    To take upon one ' s self, to undertake:

    ubi cenas hodie, si hanc rationem instituis?

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 26:

    cum Zenone Arcesilas sibi omne certamen instituit,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 12.—
    E.
    To undertake, begin, commence:

    id negotium institutum est,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 103:

    si diligentiam, quam instituisti, adhibueris,

    id. ib. 16, 20:

    perge tenere istam viam, quam instituisti,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 14:

    ad hunc ipsum quaedam institui,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

    historia nec institui potest sine, etc.,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 9:

    iter,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 5.— With inf.:

    ut primum Velia navigare coepi, institui Topica conscribere,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 19 init.:

    flagitare,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 1:

    si quae non nupta mulier virorum alienissimorum conviviis uti instituerit,

    begun, made it a practice, id. Cael. 20, 49:

    recitare omnia,

    Suet. Aug. 84. —
    F.
    Of troops, to draw up, arrange:

    tu actionem instituis, ille aciem instruit,

    Cic. Mur. 9:

    quartae aciei quam instituerat, signum dedit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 5.—
    G.
    To provide, procure:

    quaestum,

    Cic. Quint. 3:

    aliquos sibi amicos,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

    animum ad cogitandum,

    apply, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 10. —
    H.
    To purpose, determine, resolve upon:

    in praesentia (Caesar) similem rationem operis instituit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 42, 1. —With inf.:

    senex scribere historias instituit,

    Nep. Cat. 3:

    quaerere tempus ejus interficiendi,

    id. Alcib. 5:

    montanos oppugnare,

    Liv. 28, 46:

    habere secum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13, 1:

    coronas ad ipsum mittere,

    Suet. Ner. 22.— With object-clause:

    frumentum plebi dari,

    Vell. 2, 6, 3.—
    I.
    To order, govern, administer, regulate:

    sapienter vitam instituit,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 40:

    libri de civitatibus instituendis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86:

    mores,

    Quint. 1, 2, 2:

    familiam,

    id. 10, 3, 9.—
    K.
    To teach, instruct, train up, educate:

    sic tu instituis adulescentes?

    Cic. Cael. 17, 39: oratorem, Quint.1, 1, 21.—With inf.:

    Latine loqui,

    Col. 1, 1, 12:

    Pan primus calamos cerā conjungere plures Instituit,

    Verg. E. 2, 32; 5, 30; id. G. 1, 148:

    amphora fumum bibere instituta Consule Tullo,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 11:

    cum tibiis canere voce instituit,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—With abl.:

    aliquem disciplinis Graecis,

    Quint. 1, 1, 12:

    lyrā,

    id. 1, 10, 13:

    disciplina Romana,

    Suet. Caes. 24.—With ad:

    aliquem ad dicendum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

    aliquem artibus et moribus,

    Juv. 14, 74:

    filios instituere atque erudire ad majorum instituta,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69; § 161:

    ad lectionem,

    Quint. 1, 7, 17.— With ut or ne and subj.:

    quem tu a puero sic instituisses, ut nobili ne gladiatori quidem faveret,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 69:

    pueros, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 44; id. Aug. 64:

    nos, ne quem coleremus, etc.,

    Sall. J. 14, 18.—Of animals:

    boves,

    Col. 6, 2, 8 al.

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  • 6 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

  • 7 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sinistrum

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