dextera

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dexter.

Noun

dextera f (genitive dexterae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dextera dexterae
Genitive dexterae dexterārum
Dative dexterae dexterīs
Accusative dexteram dexterās
Ablative dexterā dexterīs
Vocative dextera dexterae

Descendants
  • French: dextre (borrowing)
  • Italian: destra
  • Romanian: zestre
  • Spanish: diestra
  • Portuguese: destra

Adjective

dextera

  1. inflection of dexter:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • dextera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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

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