δεξιός

From Proto-Hellenic *deksiwós, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-. Cognate with Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa) and Latin dexter.^[1]

δεξῐός • (dexiós) m (feminine δεξῐᾱ́, neuter δεξῐόν); first/second declension

1. right (hand, side).
2. fortunate
3. northward
4. able
5. courteous

• (antonym(s) of “right”): ἀριστερός (aristerós), εὐώνυμος (euṓnumos)

• δεξιτερός (dexiterós).
• περῐδέξῐος (peridéxios)

• Greek: δεξιός (dexiós)

• “δεξιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δεξιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δεξιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δεξιός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “δεξιός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1188 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adroit idem, page 13.
  • auspicious idem, page 53.
  • clever idem, page 137.
  • deft idem, page 206.
  • dexterous idem, page 221.
  • fair idem, page 302.
  • favourable idem, page 311.
  • fortunate idem, page 340.
  • handy idem, page 383.
  • happy idem, page 384.
  • hopeful idem, page 405.
  • lucky idem, page 504.
  • propitious idem, page 653.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • skilful idem, page 780.
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Inherited from Ancient Greek δεξιός (dexiós). Sense for politics (also substantivised), semantic loan from French droit.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ðe.ksiˈos/ and by some speakers, in fast, informal speech /ðeksˈços/
• Hyphenation: δε‧ξι‧ός

δεξιός • (dexiós) m (feminine δεξιά, neuter δεξιό)

1. right; right-handed

   alternative variant: δεξής m (dexís), δεξιά f (dexiá), δεξί n (dexí)

2. (politics) of the right / right-wing

   see also: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós, “conservative”)

• αριστερός (aristerós, “left”)

• αδέξιος (adéxios, “clumsy”)
• αδεξιότητα (adexiótita, “clumsiness”)
• ακροδεξιός (akrodexiós, “far-right, ultraright”)
• δεξιά (dexiá, adverb)
• δεξιά f (dexiá, “right wing”, noun) (politics)

δεξιός • (dexiós) m (plural δεξιοί)

1. (politics) right-winger

   Αυτός είναι δεξιός και ο αδερφός του είναι αριστερός.

   Aftós eínai dexiós kai o aderfós tou eínai aristerós.

   He is a right-winger and his brother is left-winger.

   Κέρδισαν/Έχασαν τις εκλογές οι δεξιοί.

   Kérdisan/Échasan tis eklogés oi dexioí.

   The rightists won/lost the elections.

   see also: συντηρητικός (syntiritikós, “conservative”)