dextera

Latin

Alternative forms

• dextra

Etymology

From dexter.

Noun

dextera f (genitive dexterae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

(deprecated template usage) 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

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 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
• dextera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dextera 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