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sinistrorsus
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Latin
Alternative forms
- sinistrōrsum
Etymology
Composed of sinister ("left", adj.) + vorsus, versus (“toward”).
Adverb
sinistrōrsus (not comparable)
- towards the left
- Antonym: dextrōrsus
Descendants
- → Italian: sinistrorso
- → Spanish: sinistrorso
References
- “sinistrorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sinistrorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “sinistrorsus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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