ἐπιδέξιος: Difference between revisions

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