dextra
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto dekstra, from Italian destro, Latin dexter.
Adjective
dextra
- right
Antonyms
- sinistra (“left”)
Latin
Alternative forms
- dextera
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdek.stra/, [ˈd̪ɛks̠t̪rä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdek.stra/, [ˈd̪ɛkst̪rä]
Adjective
dextra
- inflection of dexter:
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Adjective
dextrā
- feminine ablative singular of dexter
Noun
dextra f (genitive dextrae); first declension
- right hand
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dextra | dextrae |
Genitive | dextrae | dextrārum |
Dative | dextrae | dextrīs |
Accusative | dextram | dextrās |
Ablative | dextrā | dextrīs |
Vocative | dextra | dextrae |
Preposition
dextrā (+ accusative)
- (post-Augustan) on the right side of
References
- “dextra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dextra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dextra 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)
- dextra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
Portuguese
Noun
dextra f (plural dextras)
- Obsolete spelling of destra
Adjective
dextra
- Obsolete spelling of destra
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin dextra.
Noun
dextra f (uncountable)
- (heraldry) dexter
Declension
declension of dextra (singular only)
singular | ||
---|---|---|
f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (o) dextra | {{{def}}} |
genitive/dative | (unei) {{{pl}}} | {{{pl}}}i |
References
- dextra in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN