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ἐνδέξιος

ἐνδέξιος, towards the right hand, from left to right

ἐνδέξιος, α, ον, Hom. only neut. pl. ἐνδέξια,
  • towards the right hand, from left to right, mostly as Adv., θεοῖς ἐνδέξια πᾶσιν οἰνοχόει he filled for all the gods from left to right, Il. 1.597; δεῖξʼ ἐνδέξια πᾶσιν 7.184; βῆ δʼ ἴμεν αἰτήσων ἐνδέξια φῶτα ἕκαστον Od. 17.365; τὴν ἐπὶ πυρκαϊῆς ἐ. φασι κέλευθον Ἑρμῆν τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς . . ἄγειν AP 7.545 (Hegesipp.): regarded as lucky, hence ἐνδέξια σήματα propitious omens, Il. 9.236, cf. SIG 1025.25 (Cos).
      • 2 after Hom. without any sense of motion, on the right, v.l. in E. Hipp. 1360 (anap.); ἐνδέξιος σῷ ποδὶ παρασπιστής on thy right, Id. Cyc. 6; εἰσιόντων ἐνδέξια on the right as one enters, PPetr. 3 p.203; ἡ παραστὰς ἡ ἐνδεξία Inscr.Prien. 19.46 (iii B. C.): c. gen., ἐνδέξια τῆς εἰκόνος ib. 53.74 (ii B. C.).
    • II clever, ἔργα h.Merc. 454. Adv. -ιως Sch. Th. 2.41.

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