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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 εἰσ τὸ ἀριστερὸν κέρασ εἶδον ὅτι συνετρίβη τὸ δεξιὸν κέρασ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν κατὰ πόδασ Ἰούδα καὶ τῶν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 9:16)
  • καρδία σοφοῦ εἰσ δεξιὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ καρδία ἄφρονοσ εἰσ ἀριστερὸν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 10:2)
  • Καὶ σὺ κοιμηθήσῃ ἐπὶ τὸ πλευρόν σου τὸ ἀριστερὸν καὶ θήσεισ τὰσ ἀδικίασ τοῦ οἴκου Ἰσραὴλ ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ κατὰ ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν πεντήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν, ἃσ κοιμηθήσῃ ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ λήψῃ τὰσ ἀδικίασ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 4:4)
  • ἔτι δὲ καὶ τοῦτό με σφόδρα κατὰ τῆσ Φοιβίδοσ τὸ μίσηθρον ἐδιδάξατο, τηρήσασαν τὸ ἴχνοσ, ἐπὰν ἀπολίποι, ἀμαυρώσασαν ἐπιβῆναι μὲν τῷ ἀριστερῷ ἐκείνησ τὸν ἐμὸν δεξιόν, τῷ δεξιῷ δὲ τὸν ἀριστερὸν ἔμπαλιν καὶ λέγειν, Ἐπιβέβηκά σοι καὶ ὑπεράνω εἰμί· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:7)
  • κἀν τῷδε ‐ δεινὸσ γὰρ κλύδων ὤκειλε ναῦν πρὸσ γῆν, φόβοσ δ’ ἦν <παρθένῳ> τέγξαι πόδα ‐ λαβὼν Ὀρέστησ ὦμον εἰσ ἀριστερόν, βὰσ ἐσ θάλασσαν κἀπὶ κλίμακοσ θορών, ἔθηκ’ ἀδελφὴν ἐντὸσ εὐσήμου νεώσ, τό τ’ οὐρανοῦ πέσημα, τῆσ Διὸσ κόρησ ἄγαλμα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 5:8)

Synonyms

  1. left

  2. ominous

  3. clumsy

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