dextrum
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;
gen. 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →dextrum, dextri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
right hand; right-hand side;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...successit atque Hispanico pectus hausit; deinde continuo humerum dextrum eodem concessu incidit neque recessit usquam, donec subvertit..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...duobus quos spectauimus fuisse diuersum, cum hic in dextrum motus sit, ille in sinistrum; omnibus autem stellis..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...aues non in hoc motae ut nobis occurrerent dextrum. auspicium sinistrumque fecerunt. Et illas, inquit, deus mouit. Nimis..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...solus militat qui in acie stat et cornu dextrum laeuumque defendit, sed et qui portas tuetur et statione..."APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...quid illum minari, assidue enim caput movere; pedem dextrum trahere. Quaesisse se, cuius nationis esset: respondisse nescio quid..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...stellis ferruminatum. Et ne has tantum ostenderet divitias, dextrum nudavit lacertum armilla aurea cultum et eboreo circulo lamina..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...petit, ut sibi pedes praeberet excalciandos; detractumque socculum dextrum inter togam tunicasque gestavit assidue, nonnumquam osculabundus. Narcissi quoque..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...undis. Phocaicis Romana ratis uallata carinisrobore diducto dextrum laeuumque tueturaequo Marte latus; cuius dum pugnat ab alta 585puppe..."
