δεξιός, ά, όν,
on the right hand or side, opposed to ἀριστερός, δ. μαζός, γλουτός, ὦμος, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.481, 5.66, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.462 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ δ. (i.e. κέρας) the right of an army, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.9, etc.: frequently in adverbial usages, ἐπὶ δεξιά] Refs 5th c.BC+] on or to the right, νωμῆσαι βῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.238, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.51; ἐν τῷ ἐπὶ δ. τοῦ ὀπισθοδόμου “IG” 12.92.55 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ δεξιόφιν (Epic dialect genitive) towards the right, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.308; χειρὸς εἰς τὰ δ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 598, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 943b29; ἀπὸ τῶν δ. [prev. author] “Cael.” 284b28; ἐν τοῖς δ. NT.Mark.16.5; ἐκ δεξιῶν 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 26.4, NT.Matt.20.21, +others; ἐπὶ δ. χειρός 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.18; κατὰ δ. χειρός 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 707; πρὸς δ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69; εἰς δεξιά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 43b ] NT+8th c.BC+]; δεξιά as adverb, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.82.9 (assuming variant). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II fortunate, especially of the flight of birds and other omens, δ. ὄρνις [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.821, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.154, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 489, “Michel” 727 (from Ephesus); ἀοιδὰν.. δεξιωτάταν ὀπαδόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.8; βροντή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]. adverb -ῶς[[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.9.12. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]