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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

  • Βορέασ σκληρὸσ ἄνεμοσ, ὀνόματι δὲ ἐπιδέξιοσ καλεῖται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 27:16)
  • ἦν δὲ ὁ Λύκων καὶ σφαιριστὴσ ἀγαθὸσ καὶ ἐπιδέξιοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 69 4:2)
  • τοιοῦτοσ μὲν οὖν ὁ μέσοσ ἐστίν, εἴτ’ ἐπιδέξιοσ εἴτ’ εὐτράπελοσ λέγεται. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 148:4)
  • αὐτὸ μὲν γὰρ τὸ ὁρᾶν τοὺσ φίλουσ ἡδύ, ἄλλωσ τε καὶ ἀτυχοῦντι, καὶ γίνεταί τισ ἐπικουρία πρὸσ τὸ μὴ λυπεῖσθαι παραμυθητικὸν γὰρ ὁ φίλοσ καὶ τῇ ὄψει καὶ τῷ λόγῳ, ἐὰν ᾖ ἐπιδέξιοσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 136:1)
  • Γλαῦκοσ ὁ νησαίοιο διαπλώουσιν ὁδηγὸσ πορθμοῦ, καὶ Θασίων ἔντροφοσ αἰγιαλῶν, πόντου ἀροτρευτὴρ ἐπιδέξιοσ, οὐδ’, ὅτ’ ἔκνωσσεν, πλαζομένῃ στρωφῶν πηδάλιον παλάμῃ, μυριέτησ, ἁλίοιο βίου ῥάκοσ, οὐδ’ , ὅτ’ ἔμελλεν θνῄσκειν, ἐκτὸσ ἔβη γηραλέησ σανίδοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2421)

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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