left (part. adj.) Copy link • left (part. adj.): rĕlĭquus: Ter.: Cic. oft. in neut. absol.: what is there l. for him to live for, quid est huic reliqui quod eum in vita hac teneat? Cic. Sull. 31, extr. To be l., resto, ĭti, 1: sometimes with reliquus: that there may b no reason l., ne causa ulla restet reliqua, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 11: v. to remain.
left (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. sĭnister, tra, trum (the usu. word)2. laevus (freq. in fig. sense, left-handed, awkward) • left (adj.): 1. sĭnister, tra, trum (the usu. word): the l. hand, foot, side, s. manus, pes, latus, Quint.: Caes.: Cic. Hence, as subs., sinistra, the l. hand or side: the l. hand being hampered, s. impedita, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: on the right h., or the l., a dextra, a sinistra, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85. 2. laevus (freq. in fig. sense, left-handed, awkward): the l. hand, l. manus, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145: esp. poet.: Virg.: Ov. In augural sense: signs on the l. are deemed propitious, laeva prospera putantur, Plin. 2, 54, 55. Also as subs., laeva, the l. hand or side (former perh. only poet.): before and behind, on the l. and on the right, ante et pone, ad l. et ad dexteram, Cic. Tim. 13. (Scaevus not used in this sense.)
LEFT Copy link • LEFT 1. participle adjective, reliquus. 2. adj., sinister (on or from the left side, ἀριστερός); laevus (opposed to right; hence also = awkward, unskilful, the Greek λαιός; in the prose of the golden period more rare than sinister): ☞ scaevus (σκαιός) in its proper signification, left, is obsolete. The left hand, sinistra maims; laeva manus; or simply, sinistra (opposed to dextra): to the left, ad sinistram; ad laevam; sinistrorsus; sinistrorsum (toward the left side); a sinistra parte; a sinistra; sinistra; laeva: (on the left side).