Latin

Alternative forms

• dextra

Noun

dextera ‎(f)

1. right hand
2. pledge, contract
3. metal model of a hand a token of agreement

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: dextre
• Italian: destra
• Romanian: zestre
• Spanish: diestra
• Portuguese: destra
• English: dexter

Adjective

dextera

1. nominative feminine singular of dexter
2. nominative neuter plural of dexter
3. accusative neuter plural of dexter
4. vocative feminine singular of dexter
5. vocative neuter plural of dexter

dexterā

1. ablative feminine singular of dexter

References

• dextera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dextera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DEXTERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dextera”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to give one's hand to some one: manum (dextram) alicui porrigere
    
  • (ambiguous) to give one's right hand to some one: dextram alicui porrigere, dare
    
  • (ambiguous) to shake hands with a person: dextram iungere cum aliquo, dextras inter se iungere