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ἀριστερός

aristeros

left, on the left

Appears 35 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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 A.R. 2.1266; ἐξ ἀριστερῶν Hp. Epid. 2.4.1; ἐν τοῖσι ἀριστεροῖσι ibid. 2. ἀριστερά (with or without χείρ), ἡ, left hand, ἐξ ἀριστερῆς χειρός on the left hand, Hdt. 2.30; simply ἀριστερῆς χ. Id. 4.34; ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς S. Ph. 20, Pl. Ti. 72c, etc.; οὑξ ἀριστερᾶς . . ναός S. El. 7; ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα ἤιε, ἐν ἀριστερῇ ἔχειν, Hdt. 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, S. Aj. 182 (lyr.); ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ εἴληφας τὸ πρᾶγμα in a sinister sense, Com.Adesp. 22.67 D.; τῷ ἀριστερῷ δέχεσθαι [λόγους] Plu. 2.378b. (Prop. ‘better’, cf. ἄριστος; euphemism (cf. εὐώνυμος) to avoid ill-luck.)
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