dextrorsus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Composed of dexter ("right", adj.) + vorsus, versus (“toward”).
Adverb edit
dextrōrsus (not comparable)
- towards the right side, to the right
- Antonym: sinistrōrsus
Descendants edit
- → Italian: destrorso
References edit
- “dextrorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dextrorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dextrorsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.