dextera

Latin

Alternative forms

• dextra

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^[1], 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
    

Anagrams

• dextrae