to greet with the right hand, welcome, greet (cf. δείκνυμι II), c. acc. pers., Ar., Xen.; c. dat. pers., δεξιοῦσθαι θεοῖς to raise one's right hand to the gods, pay honour to them, Aesch.; c. acc. rei, ἄμυστιν δεξιούμενοι pledging one in a bumper, Eur.:—Plat. has aor1 δεξιωθῆναι in pass. sense.
Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.
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