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

  • 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)
  • Βορέασ σκληρὸσ ἄνεμοσ, ὀνόματι δὲ ἐπιδέξιοσ καλεῖται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 27:16)
  • ἄγε δὴ τὸ κανοῦν λαβὼν σὺ καὶ τὴν χέρνιβα περίιθι τὸν βωμὸν ταχέωσ ἐπιδέξια. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:1)
  • εἶτα παροψίδοσ μὲν ἢ κύλικοσ οὐκ ἔστι κοινωνεῖν ἐπιδεξίωσ, ἂν μὴ μάθῃ τισ εὐθὺσ ἐκ παίδων ἀρξάμενοσ, ὡσ Ἀριστοφάνησ, μὴ κιχλίζειν μηδ’ ὀψοφαγεῖν μηδ’ ἴσχειν τὼ πόδ’ ἐπαλλάξ οἴκου δὲ καὶ πόλεωσ καὶ γάμου καὶ βίου καὶ ἀρχῆσ κοινωνίαν ἀνέγκλητον ἐνδέχεται ι γενέσθαι, μὴ μαθόντων ὅντινα χρὴ τρόπον ἀλλήλοισ συμφέρεσθαι; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 2 2:1)
  • μὲν ἢ κύλικοσ οὐκ ἔστι κοινωνεῖν ἐπιδεξίωσ, ἂν μὴ μάθῃ τισ εὐθὺσ ἐκ παίδων ἀρξάμενοσ, ὡσ Ἀριστοφάνησ μὴ κιχλίζειν μηδ’ ὀψοφαγεῖν μηδ’ ἴσχειν τὼ πόδ’ ἐπαλλάξ· (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 2 6:1)
  • 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

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

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