sinistrum

sinistrum is a Latin form of sinister, meaning “left, on the left; unlucky; wrong; (sinistra) left hand”. It is the accusative singular masculine adjective.

Found 72 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.93: … bmotis omnes sagittarii funditoresque destituti inermes sine praesidio interfecti sunt. Eodem impetu cohortes sinistrum cornu pugnantibus etiam tum ac resistentibus in acie Pompeianis circumierunt eosque a tergo sunt adorti.

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 10.12.5: Sinistrum pedem ait chamaeleontis ferro ex igni calefacto torreri cum herba, quae appellatur eodem nomine chamaeleontis …

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.