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Ἀριστερά · sinister (things) (α 3901) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α3897Aristainos, Aristaenus
α3898Aristaios, Aristaeus
α3899Aristaichmos, Aristaechmus
α3900Aristeas
α3901sinister (things)
α3902Aristeides, Aristides, Aelius Aristides
α3903Aristides, Aristeides
α3904prize for valor
α3905have breakfast!

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Ἀριστερά

sinister (things)

Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Jul 2001Vetting: high9 revisions

daily life
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics
tragedy

2 notes · 29 words

Translation

[Meaning] foolish [ones]; but dexia [means] clever [ones].¹ Sophocles says about Ajax: "for never from your own mind did you walk [so far] toward sinister [things], son of Telamon."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀριστερά· τὰ μωρά· δεξιὰ δὲ τὰ συνετά. Σοφοκλῆς περὶ Αἴαντός φησιν· οὔ ποτε γὰρ φρενόθεν γ' ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ, παῖ Τελαμῶνος, ἔβης.

Betacode

*)aristera/: ta\ mwra/: decia\ de\ ta\ suneta/. *sofoklh=s peri\ *ai)/anto/s fhsin: ou)/ pote ga\r freno/qen g' e)p' a)ristera\, pai= *telamw=nos, e)/bhs.

Notes (2)

cf. delta 225, phi 704.
1The literal meaning of dexios is "on the right side". Its opposite, aristeros, means "on the left side" and so in Greek eyes unlucky -- hence the implicit euphemism ("preferable"). ↩
2Sophocles, Ajax 183-4 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. See also at delta 225 and phi 704.

References

Henning Wirth, Die linke Hand (Stuttgart 2010); reviewed BMCR 2011.06.57

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

δ225Δεξιὰ κυρίουright hand of the Lord[sc. A phrase meaning] influence from above and good activity in the holy scripture. The ancient [writers] used to call wise things dexia ["dexterous things; things on the right hand side"], but stupid things aristera…

Neighbouring entries

α3899ἈρίσταιχμοςAristaichmos, Aristaechmus α3900ἈριστέαςAristeas α3901Ἀριστεράsinister (things)α3902ἈριστείδηςAristeides, Aristides, Aelius Aristides α3903ἈριστείδηςAristides, Aristeides

Revision history9 revisions · last 31 Aug 2015

31 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
29 Nov 2013more x-refs — David Whitehead
12 Apr 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
1 Jul 2011added bibliography — David Whitehead
15 Aug 2010more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Aug 2002added note — David Whitehead
30 Jul 2001cosmetics — David Whitehead
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29 Jul 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀριστερά (Adler number alpha 3901), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 29 Jul 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3901

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗