ἀριστερός
aristeros
left, on the left
Appears 141 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀριστερός [ᾰ], ά, όν, A. left, on the left, ἐπʼ ἀριστερά towards, i.e. on, the left, Il. 2.526, al.; ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ χειρός Od. 5.277; ἐπʼ ἀ. χειρῶν 2.1266; ἐξ ἀριστερῶν Epid. 2.4.1; ἐν τοῖσι ἀριστεροῖσι ibid. 2. ἀριστερά (with or without χείρ), ἡ, left hand, ἐξ ἀριστερῆς χειρός on the left hand, 2.30; simply ἀριστερῆς χ. 4.34; ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς Ph. 20, Ti. 72c, etc.; οὑξ ἀριστερᾶς . . ναός El. 7; ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα ἤιε, ἐν ἀριστερῇ ἔχειν, 7.42. 3. metaph., boding ill, ominous, because to a Greek, looking northward, unlucky signs came from the left, ἀ. ἤλυθεν ὄρνις Od. 20.242. 4. awkward, erring, φρενόθεν ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ ἔβας turnedst to the leftward of thy mind, Aj. 182 (lyr.); ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ εἴληφας τὸ πρᾶγμα in a sinister sense, Com.Adesp. 22.67 ; τῷ ἀριστερῷ δέχεσθαι [λόγους] 2.378b. (Prop. ‘better’, cf. ἄριστος; euphemism (cf. εὐώνυμος) to avoid ill-luck.)
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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