"sinister" meaning in Latin

See sinister in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: sinistra [singular, feminine, nominative], sinistrum [singular, neuter, nominative], sinistri [plural, masculine, nominative], sinistrae [plural, feminine, nominative], sinistra [plural, neuter, nominative], sinistra [singular, feminine, vocative], sinistrum [singular, neuter, vocative], sinistri [plural, masculine, vocative], sinistrae [plural, feminine, vocative], sinistra [plural, neuter, vocative], sinistrum [singular, masculine, accusative], sinistram [singular, feminine, accusative], sinistrum [singular, neuter, accusative], sinistros [plural, masculine, accusative], sinistras [plural, feminine, accusative], sinistra [plural, neuter, accusative], sinistri [singular, masculine, genitive], sinistrae [singular, feminine, genitive], sinistri [singular, neuter, genitive], sinistrorum [plural, masculine, genitive], sinistrarum [plural, feminine, genitive], sinistrorum [plural, neuter, genitive], sinistro [singular, masculine, dative], sinistrae [singular, feminine, dative], sinistro [singular, neuter, dative], sinistris [plural, masculine, dative], sinistris [plural, feminine, dative], sinistris [plural, neuter, dative], sinistro [singular, masculine, ablative], sinistra [singular, feminine, ablative], sinistro [singular, neuter, ablative], sinistris [plural, masculine, ablative], sinistris [plural, feminine, ablative], sinistris [plural, neuter, ablative]
  1. Gauche, qui est à gauche, qui est du côté gauche.
    Sense id: fr-sinister-la-adj-7r0cNpAw
  2. Heureux, favorable, de bon augure, de bon présage.
    Sense id: fr-sinister-la-adj-LWynPTM1 Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  3. Sinistre, défavorable, contraire, fâcheux, funeste, fatal.
    Sense id: fr-sinister-la-adj-ANnq8LI5 Categories (other): Exemples en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: laevus Derived forms: sĭnistĕrĭtās, sĭnistratus, sĭnistrē, sĭnistrorsum
Categories (other): Adjectifs en latin, Dérivations en latin, Lemmes en latin, Mots en latin suffixés avec -ster, Latin
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    "Lewis et Short ^([1]) le comparent à magister, minister et y voient un double comparatif dont le radical est - peut-être - dérivé de sinus (« courbe »), avec le suffixe -ster : la main gauche, maladroite, fait les choses de travers."
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