ἐν-δέξιος

δεξιός

on the right hand: masc nom sg

δεξιός, ά, όν,

A on the right hand or side, opp. ἀριστερός, δ. μαζός, γλουτός, ὦμος, Il.4.481, 5.66, Od.17.462; τὸ δ. (sc. κέρας) the right of an army, X.Ages.2.9, etc.: freq. in adverb. usages, ἐπὶ δεξιά on or to the right,

νωμῆσαι βῶν Il.7.238

, cf. Hdt.1.51;

ἐν τῷ ἐπὶ δ. τοῦ ὀπισθοδόμου IG12.92.55

; ἐπὶ δεξιόφιν ([dialect] Ep. gen.) towards the right, Il.13.308;

χειρὸς εἰς τὰ δ. S.Fr. 598

, cf. Arist.Pr. 943b29;

ἀπὸ τῶν δ. Id.Cael. 284b28

;

ἐν τοῖς δ. Ev.Marc.16.5

;

ἐκ δεξιῶν Hero Aut.26.4

, Ev.Matt.20.21, al.;

ἐπὶ δ. χειρός Theoc.25.18

;

κατὰ δ. χειρός Arat. 707

;

πρὸς δ. Hdt.7.69

;

εἰς δεξιά Pl.Ti. 43b

; δεξιά as Adv., Plb.3.82.9 (s. v.l.).

II fortunate, esp. of the flight of birds and other omens,

δ. ὄρνις Il.13.821

, cf. Od.2.154, A.Pr. 489, Michel 727 ([place name] Ephesus);

ἀοιδὰν.. δεξιωτάταν ὀπαδόν Pi.N.3.8

;

βροντή X.Cyr.7.1.3

. Adv.

- ῶς Hdn.3.9.12

.

III Astron., northerly, Cleom.1.1.

IV metaph., dexterous, ready, skilful, clever, Pi.I.5(4).61, Ar.Nu. 428, 834, al., Th.3.82, etc.;

δεξιὸν ποιεῖν

a clever thing,

Antipho 1.19

;

Εὐριπίδου δρᾶμα δεξιώτατον Stratt.1

;

δ. περὶ τὰς δίκας Pl.Hipparch. 225c

. Adv.

- ιῶς Antiph.229.2

;

δ. ἔχειν πρός τι Plu.2.660a

;

δ. φέρειν

in the right spirit,

Phld.Lib.pp.18,41

O.: [comp] Sup.

δεξιώτατα Ar.Nu. 148

.

V courteous, kindly, Luc.Nec.13, Alex.57;

τὸ δ. καὶ ἐπιεικές Gal.14.296

. Adv. - ιῶς ib.211. (Cf. Skt. dák[snull ]iṇas, Lat. dexter, etc.)

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `(to the) right (side)' (Il.),

Dialectal forms: Myc. PN dekisiwo \/ deksiwos\/; also Pamphyl. δεξιϜος (Masson, Glotta 39 (1960) 111f.)

Compounds: With ἀ-, ἀμφι-, ἀμφοτερο-, etc.

Derivatives: δεξιά, Ion. - ιή `the right' (Il.); δεξιτερός `on the right side' (Il.). - δεξιότης `dexterity, cleverness' (Ion.-Att.). - δεξιόομαι `grip with the right, welcome, greet, etc.' (h. Hom., att.) with δεξίωσις `greeting' Ph.), δεξιωτικός `welcome' (Eust.), δεξίωμα `id.' (S.; v. l. δεξίαμα); - δεξιάζομαι `welcome' (LXX, pap.) after ἀσπάζομαι.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [190] deḱs- `right'

Etymology: If from *δεξιϜός (Wackernagel Verm. Beiträge 11, cf. s. λαιός, σκαιός), identical with Gaul. Dexsiva dea (s. Porzig Gliederung 138). Celtic and Germanic have forms with u̯o-suffix, but without -i-, e. g. OIr. dess, Goth. taihswa, OHG zeso, zesawer `right', IE *deḱs-u̯o-. Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic had an n-deriv., e. g. Skt. dákṣiṇa- (dakṣiṇá-), Lith. dẽšinas; Albanian had djathtë, cf. Pedersen KZ 36, 291. - δεξιτερός = Lat. dexter. See. Porzig 132 and 166, Schwyzer 58 and 472, Benveniste Noms d'agent 118. - Further s. δέχομαι.

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δεξιός, ά, όν (Hom.+; Ath. 15, 2 κατὰ τὴν τέχνην ‘artistically appropriate’)

① right as opposed to left in a frame of reference, right.

ⓐ Used w. a noun χείρ (Hippocr.; Epid. 5, p. 88 [2, 8]) Mt 5:30; Lk 6:6; Ac 3:7; Rv 1:16f; 10:5 (Dt 32:40); 13:16; eye (Hippocr., Epid. 3, 1, 3 [44] ed. Kühlewein I 218, 19) Mt 5:29 (the right eye is esp. valuable because its loss is a handicap to the warrior: Jos., Ant. 6, 69–71; here in 71 also the thought: it is better to suffer the loss of the right eye than to ἀπολωλέναι in possession of all the other members); cheek vs. 39 (s. D 1:4); ear (s. on οὖς 1) Lk 22:50; J 18:10; shoulder Hs 9, 2, 4; foot (Artem. 2, 51; 5, 70) Rv 10:2. τὰ δ. μέρη the right side J 21:6; Hv 3, 1, 9; 3, 2, 1 (as the lucky side as Il. 12, 239; 13, 821; Artem. 5, 92; Quint. Smyrn. 12, 58).—Abs. ἡ δ. (sc. χείρ) the right hand (Hom.+; LXX; ApcEsdr 3:7 p. 27, 15 Tdf.; Jos., Ant. 17, 184) Mt 6:3 in a warning against ‘strategic’ giving; 27:29; Rv 1:17, 20; 2:1; 5:1, 7—τὰ δ. (sc. μέρη; s. above) the right side (X., An. 1, 8, 4); περιέβλεπεν τὰ δ. καὶ τὰ ἀριστερά GJs 11:1 (s. ἀριστερός). ἐκ δεξιῶν on the right (X., Cyr. 8, 5, 15 al.; oft. pap [Mayser 226]; LXX; En 13:7; Jos., Ant. 4, 305) w. gen. (Tob 1:2; Zech 4:3; Sir 12:12 al.; TestAbr A 12 p. 91, 2 [Stone p. 30] al.; TestJob 33:3) Mt 25:33f (cp. Plut., Mor. 192f ἐκέλευε τοὺς μὲν ἐπὶ δεξιᾷ τοῦ βήματος θεῖναι, τοὺς δʼ ἐπʼ ἀριστερᾷ … τ. βελτίονας … τοὺς χείρονας); Mk 15:27; Lk 1:11; Pol 2:1; abs. (1 Esdr 9:43; Ex 14:22, 29; 3 Km 7:25, 35 al.) Mt 27:38; Lk 23:33; B 11:10; Hv 3, 2, 1f; 4; Hs 9, 6, 2. Also ἐν τοῖς δ. Mk 16:5 or δεξιά (s. εὐώνυμος, end) Hs 9, 12, 8. Pl. ἐκ δεξιῶν τινος εἶναι stand at someone’s side Ac 2:25 (Ps 15:8; of geographical location En 13:7 Ἑρμωνοεὶμ δύσεως ‘to the right of Hermon’).—In imagery of spiritual equipment ὅπλα δ. καὶ ἀριστερά weapons for the right side and the left side 2 Cor 6:7 (sword and shield, offense and defense).

ⓑ freq. in symbolism (on symbolic use s. SFlory, Medea’s Right Hand: Promise and Revenge: TAPA 108, ’78, 69–74; cp. δεξιτερή [sc. χείρ] Il. 22, 320 Achilles is about to avenge the death of Patroclus; s. also Soph., Phil. 813. The pl. δεξιαί is used in Hom. of pledges given in good faith with the right hand Il. 2, 341=4, 159; for use of the term in contracts s. Preis. s.v., esp. PFay 124, 13 [II A.D.]) and imagery relating to prestige or power. Abs. (sc. χεῖρ): of position at the right hand of an eminent pers., esp. a royal figure (for a king’s right hand as emblematic of prestige s. 1 Cl 28:3 [Ps 138:10]); B 12:11 (Is 45:1). δ. διδόναι give the right hand (on this abs. use cp. the Eng. expression ‘give me five’) as a sign of friendship and trust (X., An. 1, 6, 6; 2, 5, 3; Alex. Ep. XIV, 31; Diod S 13, 43, 4; Appian, Liby. 64, 284; 1 and 2 Macc; Jos., Ant. 18, 326; 328.—Dssm., NB 78f [BS 251]; Nägeli 24) Gal 2:9 (KGrayston, BRigaux Festschr., ’70, 485: ‘came to terms’; JSampley, Pauline Partnership in Christ ’80, 26–35). ἐπιτιθέναι τὴν δ. ἐπὶ τ. κεφαλήν τινος lay one’s right hand on someone’s head B 13:5a (Gen. 48:18a ἐπιβάλλειν); also μετατιθέναι … τινος transfer one’s right hand on someone’s head vs. 5b (Gen 48:18b ἐπιτιθέναι). ἐν δεξιᾷ at the right (Arrian, Anab. 6, 2, 2): ἐν δ. τινος at someone’s right: God’s (Ael. Aristid. 37, 6 K.=2 p. 15 D., w. allusion to Pind., calls Athena δεξιὰν κατὰ χεῖρα τοῦ πατρὸς [Zeus] καθεζομένη.—Pind., N. 11, 2 names Hera as the ὁμόθρονος of Zeus) Ro 8:34; Eph 1:20; Col 3:1; Hb 10:12; 1 Pt 3:22. τῆς μεγαλωσύνης Hb 1:3; τοῦ θρόνου 8:1; 12:2.—The right hand in imagery of power (of God: PsSol 13, 1; Jos., Bell. 1, 378) τῇ δεξιᾷ of God (as Is 63:12) by or with his right hand (cp. Maximus Tyr. 4, 8a) Ac 2:33; 5:31 (BWeiss; Zahn; HHoltzmann; Felten; Beyer; Steinmann; Moffatt Ac 2:33); it may also be dat. of place (B-D-F §199; Rob. 526; 543) at or to his right hand (Weizsäcker; Wendt; Knopf; Belser; Hoennicke; OHoltzmann; Moffatt Ac 5:31). Pl. καθίσαι ἐκ δ. τινος sit at someone’s right, i.e. at the place of honor (3 Km 2:19; Jos., Ant. 8, 7) of the Messiah Mt 20:21, 23; Mk 10:37, 40; of God Mt 22:44 (Ps 109:1); 26:64; Mk 12:36 (Ps 109:1); 14:62; 16:19; Lk 20:42 (Ps 109:1); 22:69; Ac 2:34; Hb 1:13; 1 Cl 36:5; B 12:10 (the last 4 Ps 109:1); stand on the right as the place of honor (Ps 44:10) Ac 7:55f; Hs 9, 6, 2 (s. Bihlmeyer app.).—AGornatowski, Rechts u. Links im ant. Abergl., diss. Breslau ’36; JDaniélou, TU 73, ’59, 689–98; BLiow-Gille, ‘Dexter’ et ‘sinister’ et leur équivalents: Glotta 69, ’91, 194–201.

② pert. to being morally or spiritually correct, true σύνεσις δ., ἀριστερά understanding of what is true and what is false D 12:1 (for other interpretations s. ἀριστερός and σύνεσις).—B. 865. DELG. M-M. TW.

δέξις

reception: fem gen sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)

-ά,-όν ⁺ A 55-43-29-58-43=228 Gn 13,9(bis); 24,49; 48,13(bis)

right Gn 48,14; ἡ δεξιά right hand Gn 48,13

ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς δεξιάν he shook hands with them (as sign of peace) 1 Mc 11,62; ἐκάθισεν ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ ( she) sat at his right-hand side i.e. at the place of honor (of pers.) 1 Kgs 2,19; ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Ἰεσσαιμοῦ at the right of Jeshimon (of places,

*Ps 89(90),12 τὴν δεξιάν σου your right hand-ימינך ⋄ימין for MT ימינו ⋄יום our days

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δεξιός

on the right hand: adverbial comp

δεξιός

on the right hand: masc acc comp sg

δεξιός

on the right hand: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

δεξιός

on the right hand: fem nom /voc superl sg (attic epic ionic)

δεξιός

on the right hand: fem dat superl sg (attic epic ionic)

δεξιός

on the right hand: fem dat comp pl

δεξιωτέρᾱͅς, δεξιός

on the right hand: fem dat comp pl (attic)

δεξιός

on the right hand: fem gen comp pl

δεξιός

on the right hand: masc /neut gen comp pl

δεξιός

on the right hand: masc acc sg

δεξιός

on the right hand: neut nom /voc /acc sg

δεξιός

on the right hand: adverbial superl

δεξιός

on the right hand: neut nom /voc /acc superl pl

δεξιός

on the right hand: masc acc superl sg

δεξιός

on the right hand: neut nom /voc /acc superl sg

δεξιός

on the right hand: masc acc pl

δεξιός

on the right hand: fem gen superl sg (attic epic ionic)

δεξιός

on the right hand: masc acc superl pl

δεξιός

on the right hand: masc acc superl pl (doric)