δεξιά: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[fem. of [[δεξιός]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[right]] [[hand]], opp. to [[ἀριστερά]], Il.; ἐκ δεξιᾶς on the [[right]], Ar.; ἐν δεξιᾶι ἔχειν τὰ [[οὔρεα]] to [[keep]] them on the [[right]], as you go, Hdt.; ἐν δ. [[λαβεῖν]] τὴν Σικελίαν Hdt.; so, ἐν δ. ἐσπλέοντι on [[your]] [[right]] as you [[sail]] in, Hdt.; used in welcoming, δεξιὰν διδόναι to [[salute]] by [[offering]] the [[right]] [[hand]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[right]] [[hand]] given as a [[pledge]] or [[assurance]], δεξιαὶ ἧις [[ἐπέπιθμεν]] Il.; δεξιὰς δόντες καὶ λαβόντες having exchanged assurances, made a [[treaty]], Xen.; δεξιὰς παρὰ βασιλέως φέρειν μή… to [[bring]] pledges that he would not… , Xen.—Though [[δεξιά]] is [[manifestly]] fem. of [[δεξιός]], it is [[always]] used as a Subst. without [[χείρ]]; but δ. [[χείρ]] occurs in Soph., Eur., Ar.