δεξιά
δεξιά, Ion.
δενν-ιή (fem. of
δεξιός),
ἡ,
A). right hand, opp.
ἀριστερά (
left),
δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο Il. 10.542 ;
ἐκ δεξιᾶς on
the right, Ar. Eq. 639 ;
δεξιᾶς abs.,
IG 2.733 A, 835 ;
ἐν δεξιῇ ἔχειν τὰ οὔρεα keep them on
the right (as you go),
Hdt. 7.217 , cf.
Th. 2.19 ,
98 , etc.;
ἐν δ. λαβεῖν τὴν Σικελίαν Id. 7.1 ; so
Ἐπίδαμνός ἐστι πόλις ἐν δ. ἐσπλέοντι .. on
your right as you sail in .. ,
Id. 1.24 ;
πορεύεσθαι τὴν εἰς δ. (sc.
ὁδόν)
Pl. R. 614c ;
ἐπὶ δεξιᾶ τοῦ βήματος Plu. 2.192f .
2). in welcoming or saluting (as we shake
hands),
δεξιὰν διδόναι Ar. Nu. 81 ;
προτείνειν, ἐμβάλλειν, etc. (v. sub vocc.); esp. as a sign of
assurance, pledge or
treaty, σπονδαὶ .. καὶ δεξιαὶ ᾗς ἐπέπιθμεν Il. 2.341 ;
δεξιὰς δόντες καὶ λαβόντες having exchanged
assurances, X. An. 7.3.1 , cf.
1.1.6 ;
δεξιὰς παρὰ βασιλέως φέρειν μὴ μνησικακήσειν bring
pledges that he would not .., ib.
2.4.1 ;
δεξιᾶς πίστις μεγίστη E. Med. 21 ;
φυλάσσειν, τηρεῖν τὴν δ., PFay. 124.13 ,
POxy. 533.18 :—
χείρ is never expressed in
Hom., but is used later,
χεῖρα δ. S. Ph. 912 ,
1254 , etc.;
φεῦ δ. χείρ E. Med. 496 ;
χειρὸς δ. ib.
899 , etc.;
τὴν χεῖρα δὸς τὴν δ. Ar. Nu. 81 .
ShortDef
the right hand
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Headword (normalized):
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
δεξια
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">δεξιά</span>, Ion. <span class="orth greek">δενν-ιή</span> (fem. of <span class="foreign greek">δεξιός</span>), <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">right hand,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀριστερά</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">left</span>), <span class="quote greek">δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:542" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.542/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.542 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ δεξιᾶς</span> on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the right,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:639" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:639/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 639 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δεξιᾶς</span> abs.,<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 2.733 </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">A,</span> <span class="bibl"> 835 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν δεξιῇ ἔχειν τὰ οὔρεα</span> keep them on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the right</span> (as you go), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:217" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.217/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.217 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.19 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:98/canonical-url/"> 98 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἐν δ. λαβεῖν τὴν Σικελίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.1 </a> ; so <span class="foreign greek">Ἐπίδαμνός ἐστι πόλις ἐν δ. ἐσπλέοντι .. </span> on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">your right</span> as you sail in .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.24 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πορεύεσθαι τὴν εἰς δ.</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ὁδόν</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:614c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:614c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 614c </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ δεξιᾶ τοῦ βήματος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.192f </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in welcoming or saluting (as we shake <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hands</span>), <span class="quote greek">δεξιὰν διδόναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 81 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">προτείνειν, ἐμβάλλειν,</span> etc. (v. sub vocc.); esp. as a sign of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">assurance, pledge</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">treaty,</span> <span class="quote greek">σπονδαὶ .. καὶ δεξιαὶ ᾗς ἐπέπιθμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:341" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.341/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.341 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δεξιὰς δόντες καὶ λαβόντες</span> having exchanged <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">assurances,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:3:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 7.3.1 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:1:6/canonical-url/"> 1.1.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δεξιὰς παρὰ βασιλέως φέρειν μὴ μνησικακήσειν</span> bring <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pledges</span> that he would not .., ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:4:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:4:1/canonical-url/"> 2.4.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δεξιᾶς πίστις μεγίστη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 21 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">φυλάσσειν, τηρεῖν τὴν δ.,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PFay.</span> 124.13 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 533.18 </span>:—<span class="foreign greek">χείρ</span> is never expressed in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, but is used later, <span class="quote greek">χεῖρα δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:912" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:912/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 912 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1254" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1254/canonical-url/"> 1254 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">φεῦ δ. χείρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:496" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:496/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 496 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χειρὸς δ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:899" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:899/canonical-url/"> 899 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὴν χεῖρα δὸς τὴν δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 81 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}