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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπιδέξιος ἐπιδέξιον
Genitive ἐπιδεξίου ἐπιδεξίου
Dative ἐπιδεξίῳ ἐπιδεξίῳ
Accusative ἐπιδέξιον ἐπιδέξιον
Vocative ἐπιδέξιε ἐπιδέξιον
DualN/A/V ἐπιδεξίω ἐπιδεξίω
G/D ἐπιδεξίοιν ἐπιδεξίοιν
PluralNominative ἐπιδέξιοι ἐπιδέξια
Genitive ἐπιδεξίων ἐπιδεξίων
Dative ἐπιδεξίοις ἐπιδεξίοις
Accusative ἐπιδεξίους ἐπιδέξια
Vocative ἐπιδέξιοι ἐπιδέξια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπιδέξιος ἐπιδεξίου ἐπιδεξιότερος ἐπιδεξιοτέρου ἐπιδεξιότατος ἐπιδεξιοτάτου
Adverb ἐπιδεξίως ἐπιδεξιότερον ἐπιδεξιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • γνωστὸν ἔστω τῷ βασιλεῖ ὅτι ἐπορεύθημεν εἰσ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν χώραν εἰσ οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου, καὶ αὐτὸσ οἰκοδομεῖται λίθοισ ἐκλεκτοῖσ, καὶ ξύλα ἐντίθενται ἐν τοῖσ τοίχοισ, καὶ τὸ ἔργον ἐκεῖνο ἐπιδέξιον γίνεται καὶ εὐοδοῦται ἐν ταῖσ χερσὶν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 5:8)
  • τὸν δὲ τρίτον, Ἀλέξανδρον, εὐφυᾶ μὲν ἐν τῷ τορεύειν καὶ λεπτουργεῖν γενέσθαι φασίν, ἐκμαθόντα δὲ τὰ Ῥωμαϊκὰ γράμματα καὶ τὴν διάλεκτον ὑπογραμματεύειν τοῖσ ἄρχουσιν, ἐπιδέξιον καὶ χαρίεντα περὶ ταύτην τὴν ὑπηρεσίαν ἐξεταζόμενον. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 37 3:2)
  • ἡ δ’ ἐπιδέξιον βουλόμενον εἶναι τὸν σατράπην ἀπεδέξατο, εἶπεν δέ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 44 1:3)
  • ἂν τὸ ἐπιδέξιον καὶ τὸ ἀστεῖον ἔχῃ, οὐχ ἧττον ἔσται κεχαρισμένη τῆσ συμπεριφορᾶσ· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 5 3:5)
  • γὰρ ἰατροῦ σάρκα τέμνοντοσ εὐρυθμίαν τινὰ δεῖ καὶ καθαριότητα τοῖσ ἔργοισ ἐπιτρέχειν, ὀρχηστικὴν δὲ καὶ παράβολον καὶ περιτρέχουσαν ὑγρότητα καὶ περιεργίαν ἀπεῖναι τῆσ χειρόσ, οὕτωσ ἡ παρρησία δέχεται τὸ ἐπιδέξιον καὶ τὸ ἀστεῖον, ἂν ἡ χάρισ τὴν σεμνότητα σῴζῃ, θρασύτησ δὲ καὶ βδελυρία καὶ ὕβρισ προσοῦσα πάνυ διαφθείρει καὶ ἀπόλλυσιν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 27 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. towards the right

  2. on the right hand

  3. dexterous

Related

Similar forms

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

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