ἐπιδέξιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[towards the right]], i.e. [[from left to right]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span>. used by Hom. only in neuter plural as adverb, <b class="b3">ὄρνυσθ' ἑξείης ἐπιδέξια</b> rise in order, <span class="bibl">Od.21.141</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>214b</span>; <b class="b3">περίιθι τὸν βωμὸν ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>957</span>; <b class="b3">πίνειν τὴν ἐ</b>. (sc. [[κύλικα]]) <span class="bibl">Eup.325</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.1.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Critias 33</span> D.; without idea of motion, <b class="b3">ἕστηκεν ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>94</span>; sometimes as two words, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δεξιά</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀριστερά</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.7.238</span>, cf. Eust.ad Od. l.c.; ἐπὶ δ. χειρός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 25.18</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπὶ δ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπ' ἀριστερά</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.93</span>, <span class="bibl">4.191</span>, <span class="bibl">6.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[auspicious]], [[lucky]], <b class="b3">ἀστράπτων ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.2.353</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. later as adjective, = [[δεξιός]], [[on the right hand]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.1</span>, etc.; [[τἀπιδέξια]] [[the right side]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1493</span> (lyr.); οἱ ἐ. ἄνεμοι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>941b12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[clever]], [[dexterous]], [[tactful]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.178</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1128a17</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>29.4</span>; <b class="b3">λαβὴ φιλοσόφων</b> ἐπιδέξιος ἡ διὰ τῶν ὤτων Zeno Stoic.1.64: c. inf., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1381a34</span>; ἐ. πρὸς τὰς ὁμιλίας <span class="bibl">Plb.5.39.6</span>; περί τι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Aem.</span>37</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.69.10</span>: Sup., Ἀφροδίτην -ωτάτην θεῶν Plu.2.739e: neuter plural as adverb, [[ἐπιδέξια]] [[dexterously]], [[cleverly]], <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.53.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Nicom.Com.1.27</span>; [[elegantly]], [[ἀναβάλλεσθαι]] [[ἐ]]. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>175e</span>: Regul. Adv. -ίως Erasistr. ap. Gal.7.539, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.19.13</span>, <span class="bibl">4.35.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>14</span>, Plu.2.439e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. [[lucky]], [[prosperous]], τύχη <span class="bibl">D.S.8.4</span>.</span>