dextram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dextra, dextrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
right hand; weapon/greeting/shaking hand; right side; soldier;; pledge/contract; metal model of hand as token of agreement;
acc. sg. - Entry →dexter, dextra -dextrum, dexterior -or -us, dextimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
right, on/to the right hand/side; skillful/dexterous/handy;; favorable/fortunate/pretentious; opportune (L+S); proper/fitting/suitable;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quaero tibi qui filium restituerem. ME. cedo dextram: porro te idem oro ut facias, Chreme. CH. paratu..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...anima galeam fugiente ferireatque oculos morti clausuram quaerere dextram, 280coniugis inlabi lacrimis, unique paratumscire rogum; liceat morbis finire..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tantum petit oscula uoltuinuitatque patris claudenda ad lumina dextram. 740ut torpore senex caruit uiresque cruentuscoepit habere dolor..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...equos abstraxe rotas falcesque rapaces, nec cecidisse alius dextram, cum scandit et instat. inde alius conatur adempto surgere..."Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...tener et niueus mollique siligine fictus seruatur domino. dextram cohibere memento; salua sit artoptae reuerentia. finge tamen..."Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quod torqueat et pedibus me porto meis nullo dextram subeunte bacillo. cedamus patria. vivant Artorius istic et Catulus..."de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...nostrum sentit et ille deum. XVIII Lambere securi dextram consueta magistri tigris, ab Hyrcano gloria rara iugo, saeua..."Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...recta platea; ubi ad Dianae ueneris, ito ad dextram: prius quam ad portam uenias, apud ipsum lacum..."
