good left 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme 1 ἄριστος
Lexeme 2 ἀριστερός
Meaning 1 best
Direction
Meaning 2 (euphemistic) left (opposite of right)
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According to Chantraine, the suffix -τερος serves to differentiate and create a euphemistic contrast with ἄριστος; an unusual formation. The latter is taken to indicate on the right side in this case, the left side being its literal and metaphorical opposite.

ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme εὐώνυμος
Meaning 1 of good name, honored
Direction
Meaning 2 (euphemistic) on the left side

ἐτάχθησαν οὖν ἐπὶ τεττάρων· εἶχε δὲ τὸ μὲν δεξιὸν Μένων καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, τὸ δὲ εὐώνυμον Κλέαρχος καὶ οἱ ἐκείνου, τὸ δὲ μέσον οἱ ἄλλοι στρατηγοί. (Xenophon, A. 1.15)


So they formed the line four deep: Menon and his troops held the right wing, Clearchus and his troops the left, and the other generals the middle.

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