δεξιός
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δεξιτερός· εἰ ἐστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεξιός, ὤφειλεν εἶναι δεξιώτερος, ὡς λογιώτερος. ἔστιν οὖν παρώνυμος ὁ χαρακτήρ· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ δεξιὸς γίνεται δεξιερός, ὡς ἄριστος ἀριστερός, φθόνος φθονερός, μόγος μογερός, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ τ δεξιτερός. οὕτως Φιλόξενος
Translation (En)
Dexiteros "on the right hand". If it is derived from dexios "on the right hand", it ought to be *dexiōteros, as logiōteros. Therefore it is a derivative. From dexios is derived *dexieros, as from aristos aristeros "on the left hand", from phthonos phthoneros "jealous", from mogos mogeros "painful", and with addition of /t/, dexiteros. Thus Phuiloxenus
Parallels
Herodian, Peri pathôn, III/2, p. 238 (ap. Etym. Magnum, p. 256) (δεξιτερός: ὁ Ἡρωδιανὸς λέγει, ὅτι συνεξέδραμε τῷ ἄριστος ἀριστερός καὶ τὸ δεξιός δεξιτερός); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 215 ( Γίνεται δὲ τὸ δεξιτερόν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεξιά πλεονασμῷ τοῦ τ, ἵνα ἐξομοιωθῇ πρὸς τὸ ἀντίθετον ἀριστερόν. ὡς γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ ἀρίστου ἀριστερόν, οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ δεξιοῦ δεξιτερόν) Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 256 (Δεξιτερός: Εἰ ἔστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεξιὸς, ὤφειλεν εἶναι δεξιώτερος, ὡς λογιώτερος. Ἔστιν οὖν παρώνυμος ὁ χαρακτήρ. Παρὰ γὰρ τὸ δεξιὸς γίνεται δεξιερὸς, ὡς ἄριστος, ἀριστερός· φθόνος, φθονερός· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ τ, δεξιτερός. Οὕτω Φίλων· ὁ δὲ Ἡρωδιανὸς λέγει μὲν καὶ τοῦτο, ὅτι συνεξέδραμε τὸ ἄριστος ἀριστερὸς, καὶ τὸ δεξιὸς δεξιτερός· τοῦτο γὰρ συνεκδρομὴ καὶ οὐ πλεονασμὸς, ὥσπερ καὶ παρὰ τὸ πρόβατον γίνεται προβάτιον· οἰὸς οἰότερον, ὡς λέγει Σώφρων. Τοῦτο γὰρ οὐ λέγεται πλεονασμὸς, ἀλλὰ συνεκδρομὴ τοῦ προβάτεον. Οὕτω δεξιτερὸς, ὡς ἀριστερός); Etym. Symeonis, delta 126 (Δεξιτερός· εἰ ἔστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεξιός ὤφειλεν εἶναι δεξιώτερος, ἔστι οὖν παρώνυμος ὁ χαρακτήρ· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ δεξιὸς γίνεται δεξιερός, ὡς ἄριστος ἀριστερός, φθόνος φθονερός, μόγος μογερός, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ τ δεξιτερός); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, delta, p. 480 (Δεξιτερός. […] εἰ γάρ ἐστι δεξιὸς, ὤφειλεν εἶναι δεξιώτερος, [ὡς λογιώτερος. ἔστιν οὖν παρώνυμος ὁ χαρακτήρ. παρὰ τὸ δεξιὸς γίνεται δεξιερὸς, ὡς ἄριστος, ἀριστερὸς, φθόνος, φθονερὸς, μόγος, μογερός· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ τ δεξιτερός.])
Comment
Derivational etymology. Philoxenus says that δεξιτερός cannot be the comparative of δεξιός because one would in that case expect *δεξιώτερος. Therefore it is a derivative from δεχιός, built with a suffix -ερός, for which he provides parallels. And then the /t/ is added, as a pathos. Herodian says that the word arose from an analogy with ἀριστερός (συνεκδρομή "illegitimate analogical extension")