dextra

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dekstra, from Italian destro, Latin dexter.

Adjective

dextra

  1. right

Antonyms

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdek.stra/, [ˈdɛk.stra]

Adjective

dextra

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

dextrā f

  1. feminine ablative singular of dexter

Noun

dextra f (genitive dextrae); first declension

  1. right hand

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dextra dextrae
genitive dextrae dextrārum
dative dextrae dextrīs
accusative dextram dextrās
ablative dextrā dextrīs
vocative dextra dextrae

Preposition

dextrā + accusative

  1. (post-Augustan) on the right side of

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)
  • dextra 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

Portuguese

Noun

dextra f (plural dextras)

  1. Obsolete spelling of destra

Adjective

dextra

  1. Obsolete spelling of destra
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