Difference between dexter/sinister and rectus/laevus?

1. What is the difference between Laevus and sinister?
2. What does sinister rectus mean?
3. What is rectus sinister in Latin?
4. What does Laevus in Latin mean?

What is the difference between Laevus and sinister?

Sinister, laevus, scaevus

"Sinister" has a much longer entry than the other two in the Oxford Latin Dictionary, and is described by Ernout & Meillet (Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine) as "the usual term" for "left". "Laevus" is regarded by Lewis & Short as "mostly poetic".

What does sinister rectus mean?

Latin words rectus and sinister, which mean “right” and. “left”, respectively, in English.

What is rectus sinister in Latin?

R and S refer to Rectus and Sinister, which are Latin for right and left, respectively.

What does Laevus in Latin mean?

Adjective. laevus (feminine laeva, neuter laevum); first/second-declension adjective. left; on the left side synonyms, antonym ▲ Synonyms: scaevus, sinister Antonym: dexter. (by extension) awkward, foolish.