dextris
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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →dextrum, dextri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
right hand; right-hand side;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...ATILIVS PRAENESTINVS MODOS FECIT FLACCVS CLAVDI TIBIIS DVABVS DEXTRIS GRAECA MENANDRV FACTA II M. VALERIO C. FANNIO..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quarta legione datur. tibi, numine pugnaxaduerso Domiti, dextri frons tradita Martis. 220at medii robur belli fortissima densantagmina, quae..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...iuvenum simulacra per aedes lampadas igniferas manibus retinentia dextris, lumina nocturnis epulis ut suppeditentur, nec domus argento fulget..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...caelo iuxta solium Iovis impulsumque ab eo dextri pedis pollice et in terras praecipitatum. Prodigiorum loco habita sunt..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...flammatus amore. iamque alii clipeos et tela trabalia dextris expediunt, armant alii picis unguine flammas. impatiens tremit hasta..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...stat debilis altera pubes summissos enses nequiquam ammentaque dextris laxa tenens; cedunt tellure, armisque reductis ostentant ueteres etiamnum..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...stabat in Argolicae ferrato culmine turris egregius lituo dextri Mauortis Enyeus hortator; sed tunc miseris dabat utile signum..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...FLACCVS CLAVDI ACTA I TIBIIS INPARIBVS DEINDE DVABUS DEXTRIS GRAECA EST MENANDRV FACTAST III M' IVVENTIO TI. SEMPRONIO..."
