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sinistram

sinistram is a Latin form of sinister, meaning “left, on the left; unlucky; wrong; (sinistra) left hand”.

It can also be a form of sinistra, “the left hand; the left side”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or accusative singular feminine adjective.

Found 32 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Philippicae 12.26: … a. haec ego in urbe provideo: facilis est circumspectus unde exeam, quo progrediar, quid ad dexteram, quid ad sinistram sit. num idem in Appennini tramitibus facere potero? in quibus etiam si non erunt insidiae, quae facillime es …

All forms of sinister (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.