ἐπιδέξῐ-ος, ον,
towards the right, i.e. from left to right:
__I. used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in _neuter_ _plural_ ] Refs 8th c.BC+] as adverb, ὄρνυσθ᾽ ἑξείης ἐπιδέξια rise in order, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.141, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 214b; περίιθι τὸν βωμὸν ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 957; πίνειν τὴν ἐ. (i.e. κύλικα) 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 325, compare 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 1.4, 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 33 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; without idea of motion, ἕστηκεν ἐ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “fragment” 94; sometimes as two words, ἐπὶ δεξιά, opposed to ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.238, cf. Eust.ad 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place]; ἐπὶ δ. χειρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.19, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.18; τὰ ἐπὶ δ., opposed to τὰ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93, 4.191, 6.33. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2. auspicious, lucky, ἀστράπτων ἐ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.353. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II. later as adjective, ={δεξιός}, on the right hand, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 6.4.1, etc.; τἀπιδέξια] Refs 5th c.BC+] the right side, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Av.” 1493 (Lyric poetry); οἱ ἐ. ἄνεμοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 941b12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__II.2. clever, dexterous, tactful, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.178, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “EN” 1128a17, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Char.” 29.4; λαβὴ φιλοσόφων ἐπιδέξιος ἡ διὰ τῶν ὤτων 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.64 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rh.” 1381a34; ἐ. πρὸς τὰς ὁμιλίας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.39.6; περί τι Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Aemilius Paulus” 37, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 69.10: _superlative_, Ἀφροδίτην -ωτάτην θεῶν Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.739e ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, ἐπιδέξια dexterously, cleverly, [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 53.5, 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; elegantly, ἀναβάλλεσθαι ἐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 175e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Regul. adverb -ίως [[3rd c.BC: Erasistratus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.539, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.19.13, 4.35.7, 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “ND” 14, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.439e. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]