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ἀριστερός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀριστερός ἀριστερά̄ ἀριστερόν

Structure: ἀριστερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. left (opposite of right)
  2. ominous, ill boding
  3. clumsy, awkward (Compare French gauche)

Examples

  • καὶ βάψει τὸν δάκτυλον τὸν δεξιὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλαίου τοῦ ὄντοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ χειρὸσ αὐτοῦ τῆσ ἀριστερᾶσ καὶ ρανεῖ τῷ δακτύλῳ ἑπτάκισ ἔναντι Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 14:16)
  • καὶ ἔστησε τὸν λαὸν πάντα, ἕκαστον ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ τῆσ ὠμίασ τοῦ οἴκου τῆσ δεξιᾶσ ἕωσ τῆσ ὠμίασ τῆσ ἀριστερᾶσ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα κύκλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 23:10)
  • καὶ ἀπολῶ τὸ τόξον σου ἀπὸ τῆσ χειρόσ σου τῆσ ἀριστερᾶσ καὶ τὰ τοξεύματά σου ἀπὸ τῆσ χειρόσ σου τῆσ δεξιᾶσ καὶ καταβαλῶ σε (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 39:3)
  • πολλαὶ δὲ χεῖρεσ, αἳ μὲν ἐξ ἀριστερᾶσ, αἳ δ’ ἔνθεν, ὡσ δὴ παρὰ φίλῳ, Τρώων κόραι θάκουσ ἔχουσαι, κερκίδ’ Ἠδωνῆσ χερὸσ ᾔνουν, ὑπ’ αὐγὰσ τούσδε λεύσσουσαι πέπλουσ· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 3:4)
  • ὁπότε δὲ ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν ἐπελαύνοιεν, τότε δὴ πᾶσ ὁ ἀκροβολισμὸσ ἀρίδηλοσ γίγνεται, καὶ τῶν θυρεῶν ἡ προβολή, καὶ ἡ ἐκ τῆσ ἀριστερᾶσ χειρὸσ ἐσ τὴν δεξιὰν ὕφεσισ τῶν ἀκοντίων ὀξεῖα, καὶ ἡ δεξιὰ ὅπωσ αὐτὰ ὑπολαβοῦσα καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ περιενεγκοῦσα ὥσπερ ἐν τροχοῦ περιδινήσει ὁμοῦ μὲν ἐξηκόντισεν, ὁμοῦ δὲ ὑπέλαβεν τὸ λειφθέν, καὶ τοῦτο αὖ ὑπερενεγκοῦσα ἐξηκόντισεν. (Arrian, chapter 38 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. left

  2. ominous

  3. clumsy

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