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