δεξιά
dexia
right hand
Appears 37 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δεξιά, Ion. δεξ-ιή (fem. of δεξιός), ἡ, A. right hand, opp. ἀριστερά (left), δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο Il. 10.542; ἐκ δεξιᾶς on the right, Eq. 639; δεξιᾶς abs.,IG 2.733 A,835; ἐν δεξιῇ ἔχειν τὰ οὔρεα keep them on the right (as you go), 7.217, cf. 2.19,98, etc.; ἐν δ. λαβεῖν τὴν Σικελίαν 7.1; so Ἐπίδαμνός ἐστι πόλις ἐν δ. ἐσπλέοντι . . on your right as you sail in . . , 1.24; πορεύεσθαι τὴν εἰς δ. (sc. ὁδόν) R. 614c; ἐπὶ δεξιᾶ τοῦ βήματος 2.192f. 2. in welcoming or saluting (as we shake hands), δεξιὰν διδόναι 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, 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 Med. 21; φυλάσσειν, τηρεῖν τὴν δ., PFay. 124.13, POxy. 533.18:—χείρ is never expressed in , but is used later, χεῖρα δ. Ph. 912, 1254, etc.; φεῦ δ. χείρ Med. 496; χειρὸς δ. ib.899, etc.; τὴν χεῖρα δὸς τὴν δ. Nu. 81.
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