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
- A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...successit atque Hispanico pectus hausit; deinde continuo humerum dextrum eodem concessu incidit neque recessit usquam, donec subvertit..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...stellis ferruminatum. Et ne has tantum ostenderet divitias, dextrum nudavit lacertum armilla aurea cultum et eboreo circulo lamina..." - G
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..." - M
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..."
