dextera

Latin

Alternative forms

• dextra

Etymology

From dexter.

Noun

dextera (f)

1. right hand
2. pledge, contract
3. metal model of a hand, a token of agreement

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dextera	dexterae
genitive	dexterae	dexterārum
dative	dexterae	dexterīs
accusative	dexteram	dexterās
ablative	dexterā	dexterīs
vocative	dextera	dexterae

Descendants

• French: dextre (borrowing)
• Italian: destra
• Romanian: zestre

• Spanish: diestra
• Portuguese: destra

Adjective

dextera

1. nominative feminine singular of dexter
2. nominative neuter plural of dexter
3. accusative neuter plural of dexter
4. vocative feminine singular of dexter
5. vocative neuter plural of dexter

dexterā

1. ablative feminine singular of dexter

References

• dextera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dextera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “dextera”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “dextera” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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