δεξιά

A. right hand, opp. ἀριστερά (left), δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο Il. 10.542; ἐκ δεξιᾶς on the right, Ar. Eq. 639; δεξιᾶς abs.,IG 2.733 A, 835; ἐν δεξιῇ ἔχειν τὰ οὔρεα keep them on the right (as you go), Hdt. 7.217, cf. Th. 2.19,98, etc.; ἐν δ. λαβεῖν τὴν Σικελίαν Id. 7.1; so Ἐπίδαμνός ἐστι πόλις ἐν δ. ἐσπλέοντι . . on your right as you sail in . . , Id. 1.24; πορεύεσθαι τὴν εἰς δ. (sc. ὁδόν) Pl. R. 614c; ἐπὶ δεξιᾶ τοῦ βήματος Plu. 2.192f.

2. in welcoming or saluting (as we shake hands), δεξιὰν διδόναι Ar. 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, X. 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 E. Med. 21; φυλάσσειν, τηρεῖν τὴν δ., PFay. 124.13, POxy. 533.18:—χείρ is never expressed in Hom., but is used later, χεῖρα δ. S. Ph. 912, 1254, etc.; φεῦ δ. χείρ E. Med. 496; χειρὸς δ. ib.899, etc.; τὴν χεῖρα δὸς τὴν δ. Ar. Nu. 81.