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dextra
dextra
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdek.stra/, [ˈdɛk.stra]
Adjective
dextra
- feminine nominative singular of dexter
- feminine vocative singular of dexter
- neuter nominative plural of dexter
- neuter accusative plural of dexter
- neuter vocative plural of dexter
dextrā f
- feminine ablative singular of dexter
Noun
dextra f (genitive dextrae); first declension
- right hand
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | dextra | dextrae |
genitive | dextrae | dextrārum |
dative | dextrae | dextrīs |
accusative | dextram | dextrās |
ablative | dextrā | dextrīs |
vocative | dextra | dextrae |
Preposition
dextrā + accusative
References
- dextra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dextra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DEXTRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dextra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to give one's hand to some one: manum (dextram) alicui porrigere
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(ambiguous) to give one's right hand to some one: dextram alicui porrigere, dare
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(ambiguous) to shake hands with a person: dextram iungere cum aliquo, dextras inter se iungere
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(ambiguous) to give one's hand to some one: manum (dextram) alicui porrigere