δεξιά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[δεξιή]] (fem. of [[δεξιός]]), ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[right hand]], opp. [[ἀριστερά]] ([[left]]), δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο Il.10.542; [[ἐκ δεξιᾶς]] = [[on the right]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''639; [[δεξιᾶς]] abs.,''IG''2.733 A,835; <b class="b3">ἐν δεξιῇ ἔχειν τὰ οὔρεα</b> keep them [[on the right]] (as you [[go]]), Hdt.7.217, cf. Th.2.19,98, etc.; ἐν δ. [[λαβεῖν]] τὴν [[Σικελία]]ν Id.7.1; so <b class="b3">Ἐπίδαμνός ἐστι πόλις ἐν δ. ἐσπλέοντι</b>… on your [[right]] as you [[sail]] in... Id.1.24; <b class="b3">πορεύεσθαι τὴν εἰς δ.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὁδόν]]) [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 614c; ἐπὶ δεξιᾶ τοῦ βήματος Plu.2.192f.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in welcoming or saluting (as we shake [[hands]]), δεξιὰν διδόναι Ar.''Nu.''81; [[προτείνειν]], [[ἐμβάλλειν]], etc. (v. sub vocc.); esp. as a sign of [[assurance]], [[pledge]] or [[treaty]], σπονδαὶ… καὶ δεξιαὶ ᾗς ἐπέπιθμεν Il.2.341; <b class="b3">δεξιὰς δόντες καὶ λαβόντες</b> having exchanged [[assurance]]s, X.''An.''7.3.1, cf. 1.1.6; <b class="b3">δεξιὰς παρὰ βασιλέως φέρειν μὴ μνησικακήσειν</b> bring [[pledge]]s that he would not... ib.2.4.1; δεξιᾶς πίστις μεγίστη E.''Med.''21; <b class="b3">φυλάσσειν, τηρεῖν τὴν δ.</b>, ''PFay.''124.13, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''533.18:—[[χείρ]] is never expressed in Hom., but is used later, χεῖρα δ. S.''Ph.''912, 1254, etc.; φεῦ δ. χείρ E.''Med.''496; <b class="b3">χειρὸς δ.</b> ib.899, etc.; τὴν χεῖρα δὸς τὴν δ. Ar.''Nu.''81.