Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐνδέξιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνδέξιος ἐνδέξιᾱ ἐνδέξιον

Structure: ἐνδεξι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. towards the right hand, from left to right, from left to right, unlucky, propitious
  2. on the right
  3. clever, expert

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ οὔ πω τί μοι ὧδε μετὰ φρεσὶν ἄλλο μέλησεν, οἱᾶ νέων θαλίῃσ ἐνδέξια ἔργα πέλονται. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 48:4)
  • τὴν ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆσ ἐνδέξια φασι κέλευθον Ἑρμῆν τοὺσ ἀγαθοὺσ εἰσ Ῥαδάμανθυν ἄγειν, ᾗ καὶ Ἀριστόνοοσ, Χαιρεστράτου οὐκ ἀδάκρυτοσ παῖσ, ἡγησίλεω δῶμ’ Αἴ̈δοσ κατέβη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5451)
  • βῆ δ’ ἴμεν αἰτήσων ἐνδέξια φῶτα ἕκαστον, πάντοσε χεῖρ’ ὀρέγων, ὡσ εἰ πτωχὸσ πάλαι εἰή. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 17 51:6)
  • αὐτὰρ ὃ τοῖσ ἄλλοισι θεοῖσ ἐνδέξια πᾶσιν οἰνοχόει γλυκὺ νέκταρ ἀπὸ κρητῆροσ ἀφύσσων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 63:2)
  • κῆρυξ δὲ φέρων ἀν’ ὅμιλον ἁπάντῃ δεῖξ’ ἐνδέξια πᾶσιν ἀριστήεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. towards the right hand

  2. on the right

  3. clever

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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