δεξιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[δεξιά]], [[δεξιόν]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[on the right hand]] or [[on the right side]], opp. [[ἀριστερός]], δεξιὸς [[μαζός]], [[γλουτός]], [[ὦμος]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.481</span>, <span class="bibl">5.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.462</span>; [[τὸ δεξιόν]] (sc. [[κέρας]]) the [[right]] of an [[army]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>2.9</span>, etc.: freq. in adverb. usages, [[ἐπὶ δεξιά]] = [[on the right]] or [[to the right]], νωμῆσαι βῶν <span class="bibl">Il.7.238</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.51</span>; ἐν τῷ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ τοῦ ὀπισθοδόμου <span class="title">IG</span>12.92.55; [[ἐπὶ δεξιόφιν]] (Ep. gen.) [[towards the right]], <span class="bibl">Il.13.308</span>; χειρὸς εἰς τὰ δεξιά <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>598</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>943b29</span>; ἀπὸ τῶν δεξιών <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>284b28</span>; ἐν τοῖς δεξιοίς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>16.5</span>; [[ἐκ δεξιῶν]] <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>26.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>20.21</span>, al.; ἐπὶ δεξιὰς χειρός <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.18</span>; κατὰ δεξιὰ χειρός <span class="bibl">Arat. 707</span>; πρὸς δεξιά <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.69</span>; εἰς δεξιά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>43b</span>; [[δεξιά]] as adverb, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.82.9</span> ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[fortunate]], especially of the [[flight]] of birds and other omens, δ. [[ὄρνις]] <span class="bibl">Il.13.821</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.2.154</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>489</span>, <span class="title">Michel</span>727 (Ephesus); ἀοιδὰν… δεξιωτάταν ὀπαδόν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.8</span>; [[βροντή]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.3</span>. Adv. -ῶς <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.9.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Astron., [[northerly]], <span class="bibl">Cleom.1.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., [[dexterous]], [[ready]], [[skilful]], [[clever]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(4).61</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>428</span>, <span class="bibl">834</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>, etc.; [[δεξιὸν ποιεῖν]] = [[doing a clever thing]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.19</span>; Εὐριπίδου δρᾶμα δεξιώτατον <span class="bibl">Stratt.1</span>; δ. περὶ τὰς δίκας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hipparch.</span> 225c</span>. Adv. [[δεξιῶς]] <span class="bibl">Antiph.229.2</span>; δ. ἔχειν πρός τι Plu.2.660a; δ. [[φέρειν]] [[in the right spirit]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>pp.18,41</span> O.: Sup. δεξιώτατα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 148</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[courteous]], [[kindly]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alex.</span>57</span>; τὸ δ. καὶ ἐπιεικές Gal.14.296. Adv. [[δεξιῶς]]  ib.211. (Cf. Skt. dákṣiṇas, Lat. [[dexter]], etc.)</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[δέχομαι]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> on the [[right]] [[hand]] or [[side]], Lat. [[dexter]], opp. to [[ἀριστερός]], Hom., etc.; τὸ δ. (sc. [[κέρας]]) the [[right]] of an [[army]], Xen.:—adverb. usages, ἐπὶ [[δεξιά]] on the [[right]], Il.; ἐπὶ [[δεξιόφιν]] (epic gen.) [[towards]] the [[right]], Il.; πρὸς [[δεξιά]] Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[fortunate]], [[boding]] [[good]], of the [[flight]] of birds, δεξιὸς [[ὄρνις]], = [[αἴσιος]], Hom. —This [[sense]] came from the Greek augurs looking to the North, so that [[lucky]] omens, [[which]] came from the East, were on the [[right]], [[while]] the [[unlucky]] ones from the West were on the [[left]].<br /><b class="num">III.</b> metaph. [[dexterous]], [[ready]], opp. to [[σκαιός]] ([[sinister]], French [[gauche]]); and of the [[mind]], [[sharp]], [[shrewd]], [[clever]], Ar., Thuc., etc.:—adv., [[δεξιῶς]]; Sup. δεξιώτατα, Ar.