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sinistra
sinistra
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [siˈnistra]
Noun
sinistra f (plural sinistre)
- left (hand, direction)
Synonyms
- babordo (nautical)
Antonyms
Related terms
Verb
sinistra
- third-person singular present indicative of sinistrare
- second-person singular imperative of sinistrare
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siˈnis.tra/, [sɪˈnɪs.tra]
Adjective
sinistra
- nominative feminine singular of sinister
- nominative neuter plural of sinister
- accusative neuter plural of sinister
- vocative feminine singular of sinister
- vocative neuter plural of sinister
sinistrā
- ablative feminine singular of sinister
Noun
sinistra f (genitive sinistrae); first declension
- the left-hand side
- ad sinistram — on the left hand side, to the left
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sinistra | sinistrae |
| genitive | sinistrae | sinistrārum |
| dative | sinistrae | sinistrīs |
| accusative | sinistram | sinistrās |
| ablative | sinistrā | sinistrīs |
| vocative | sinistra | sinistrae |
References
- sinistra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sinistra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sinistra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.