sinistrorsus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Composed of sinister ("left", adj.) + vorsus, versus (“toward”).

Adverb

sinistrōrsus (not comparable)

  1. 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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