ἀριστερός [ᾰ], ά, όν,
left, on the left, ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά towards, i.e. on, the left, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.526, +others; ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ χειρός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.277; ἐπ᾽ ἀ. χειρῶν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1266; ἐξἀριστερῶν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.4.1; ἐν τοῖσι ἀριστεροῖσι [prev. passage] ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 ἀριστερά (with or without χείρ), ἡ, left hand, ἐξ ἀριστερῆς χειρός on the left hand, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30; simply ἀριστερῆς χ. [prev. author] 4.34; ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 72c, etc.; οὑξ ἀριστερᾶς.. ναός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 7] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα ἤιε, ἐν ἀριστερῇ ἔχειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.42. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, boding ill, ominous, because to a Greek, looking northward, unlucky signs came from the left, ἀ. ἤλυθεν ὄρνις[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.242. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 awkward, erring, φρενόθεν ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ ἔβας turnedst to the leftward of thy mind, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 182 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ εἴληφας τὸ πρᾶγμα in a sinister sense, [[ “Comica Adespota” 22.67 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῷ ἀριστερῷ δέχεσθαι [λόγους] [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.378b] Refs 1st c.AD+]. (Prop. 'better', compare ἄριστο; euphemism (compare εὐώνυμος) to avoid ill-luck.)