Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιδέξιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιδέξιος ἐπιδέξιον

Structure: ἐπιδεξι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. towards the right, from left to right
  2. beginning with the left hand man, auspicious, lucky
  3. on the right hand, the right side
  4. dexterous, capable, clever

Examples

  • ἄγε δὴ τὸ κανοῦν λαβὼν σὺ καὶ τὴν χέρνιβα περίιθι τὸν βωμὸν ταχέωσ ἐπιδέξια. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:1)
  • οὐ μεταβαλεῖσ θοἰμάτιον ὧδ’ ἐπιδέξια; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:4)
  • ὕμνουσ οἰνοχοεῖν ἐπιδέξια σοί τε καὶ ἡμῖν τόν τε σὸν ἀρχαῖον τηλεδαπόν τε φίλον εἰρεσίῃ γλώσσησ ἀποπέμψομεν εἰσ μέγαν αἶνον τοῦδ’ ἐπὶ συμποσίου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 8 1:1)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἐπιδέξια πέμπω σοὶ πρώτῳ Χαρίτων ἐγκεράσασ χάριτασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 9 1:1)
  • Σωκράτησ γὰρ οὐδὲ τοῦ συμποσίου ἀποστῆναι θέλει καίτοι Ἐρυξιμάχου καὶ Φαίδρου καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν ἀποστάντων, ἀλλ’ ἐγρήγορε μετ’ Ἀγάθωνοσ καὶ Ἀριστοφάνουσ καὶ πίνει ἐξ ἀργυροῦ φρέατοσ ‐ καλῶσ γάρ τισ τὰ μεγάλα ποτήρια οὕτωσ ὠνόμασε πίνει τ’ ἐκ τῆσ φιάλησ ἐπιδέξια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 18 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. towards the right

  2. on the right hand

  3. dexterous

Related

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

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