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

  • τὸ δ’ ὅλον πῶσ οὐκ ἄτοπον τῇ μὲν δεξιᾷ συνεθίζειν τὰ παιδία δέχεσθαι τὰσ τροφάσ, κἂν εἰ προτείνειε τὴν ἀριστεράν, ἐπιτιμᾶν, μηδεμίαν δὲ ποιεῖσθαι πρόνοιαν τοῦ λόγων ἐπιδεξίων καὶ νομίμων ἀκούειν; (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 7 17:2)

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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