dexter
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dexter, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs(i)-tero-, from *deḱs- (“right”) (Pokorny, Watkins, 1969; et al.). Compare Epic Greek δεξιτερός (dexiterós, “right hand”), δεξιός (dexiós, “right”), Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right”).
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Adjective[edit]
dexter (not comparable)
- Right; on the right-hand side.
- 1887, George William Foote; J. M. Wheeler, Crimes of Christianity, London: Progressive Publishing:
- Displaying his dexter palm, he exclaimed that there was a hand that never took a bribe; whereupon a smart auditor cried "How about the one behind your back?"
- 1911, Saki, ‘The Match-Maker’, The Chronicles of Clovis:
- Clovis wiped the trace of Turkish coffee and the beginnings of a smile from his lips, and slowly lowered his dexter eyelid.
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Noun[edit]
dexter (plural dexters)
- (heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
- The right hand.
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- dester (Vulgar or Late Latin, Pompeian inscriptions)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *deksiteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱsi-tero-s, from *deḱs- (“right”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεξιός (dexiós), Old High German zesawa (“right hand, right hand side”), Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdek.ster/, [ˈd̪ɛk.s̠t̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdek.ster/, [ˈd̪ɛk.st̪ɛr]
Adjective[edit]
dexter (feminine dextra or dextera, neuter dextrum or dexterum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems)
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | dexter | dextra dextera |
dextrum dexterum |
dextrī dexterī |
dextrae dexterae |
dextra dextera | |
Genitive | dextrī dexterī |
dextrae dexterae |
dextrī dexterī |
dextrōrum dexterōrum |
dextrārum dexterārum |
dextrōrum dexterōrum | |
Dative | dextrō dexterō |
dextrō dexterō |
dextrīs dexterīs | ||||
Accusative | dextrum dexterum |
dextram dexteram |
dextrum dexterum |
dextrōs dexterōs |
dextrās dexterās |
dextra dextera | |
Ablative | dextrō dexterō |
dextrā dexterā |
dextrō dexterō |
dextrīs dexterīs | |||
Vocative | dexter | dextra dextera |
dextrum dexterum |
dextrī dexterī |
dextrae dexterae |
dextra dextera |
Derived terms[edit]
- dextere
- dextrē
- dexteritās
- dextrāle n, dextrāliolum n
- dextrōrsum, dextrōrsus, dextrōversum
- ambidexter
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References[edit]
- dexter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dexter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dexter 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
- (ambiguous) to give one's hand to some one: manum (dextram) alicui porrigere
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- en:Heraldry
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deḱs-
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