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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

Examples

  • "ἔσται δ’ ἡδύσ, ἐὰν μὴ μόνον ἑαυτὸν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ σὺν αὑτῷ καὶ δι’ αὑτὸν ἥκοντασ ἐπιδεξίουσ παρέχῃ καὶ προσηνεῖσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 16:14)

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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