"dexter" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛkstə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dexter.wav [UK]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deḱs-}}, {{lbor|en|la|dexter|t=right}} Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dexter (not comparable)
  1. (archaic outside heraldry) Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Heraldry Derived forms: bend dexter, dexter chief, dexterous Translations (right): десен (desen) (Bulgarian), højre (Danish), højre side (Danish), dexter [heraldry, hobbies, nobility, monarchy, politics, government, lifestyle] (Danish), heraldisk højre [heraldry, hobbies, nobility, monarchy, politics, government, lifestyle] (Danish), oikeanpuoleinen (Finnish), dexter (German), rechts (German), rechtsseitig (German), destro (Italian), destro [masculine] (Portuguese), కుడి (kuḍi) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-dexter-en-adj-A8ZSWJKB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛkstə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dexter.wav [UK] Forms: dexters [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deḱs-}}, {{lbor|en|la|dexter|t=right}} Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dexter (plural dexters)
  1. (archaic outside heraldry) The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc). Categories (topical): Heraldry Related terms: sinister Translations ("right", e.g. in heraldry): oikea (Finnish), dexter (Swedish), heraldisk höger [common-gender] (Swedish), höger [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dexter-en-noun-AdATVwfL

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: /ˈdek.ster/ [Classical], [ˈd̪ɛks̠t̪ɛr] [Classical], /ˈdek.ster/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd̪ɛkst̪er] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero-s, from *deḱs- (“right”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεξιτερός (dexiterós), and compare δεξιός (dexiós), Old High German zesawa (“right hand, right hand side”), Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa), Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*deḱs-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*deksteros}} Proto-Italic *deksteros, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*deḱs-tero-s}} Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero-s, {{m|ine-pro|*deḱs-||right}} *deḱs- (“right”), {{cog|grc|δεξιτερός}} Ancient Greek δεξιτερός (dexiterós), {{m|grc|δεξιός}} δεξιός (dexiós), {{cog|goh|zesawa||right hand, right hand side}} Old High German zesawa (“right hand, right hand side”), {{cog|sa|दक्षिण|tr=dákṣiṇa}} Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa), {{cog|cu|деснъ||right}} Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right”) Head templates: {{la-adj|((dexter/dextr<+>,dexter<+>))|comp=dexterior|sup=dextimus}} dexter (feminine dextra or dextera, neuter dextrum or dexterum, comparative dexterior, superlative dextimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|((dexter/dextr<+>,dexter<+>))}} Forms: dextra [feminine], dextera [feminine], dextrum [neuter], dexterum [neuter], dexterior [comparative], dextimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], dexter [masculine, nominative, singular], dextra [feminine, nominative, singular], dextera [feminine, nominative, singular], dextrum [neuter, nominative, singular], dexterum [neuter, nominative, singular], dextrī [masculine, nominative, plural], dexterī [masculine, nominative, plural], dextrae [feminine, nominative, plural], dexterae [feminine, nominative, plural], dextra [neuter, nominative, plural], dextera [neuter, nominative, plural], dextrī [genitive, masculine, singular], dexterī [genitive, masculine, singular], dextrae [feminine, genitive, singular], dexterae [feminine, genitive, singular], dextrī [genitive, neuter, singular], dexterī [genitive, neuter, singular], dextrōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], dexterōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], dextrārum [feminine, genitive, plural], dexterārum [feminine, genitive, plural], dextrōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], dexterōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], dextrō [dative, masculine, singular], dexterō [dative, masculine, singular], dextrae [dative, feminine, singular], dexterae [dative, feminine, singular], dextrō [dative, neuter, singular], dexterō [dative, neuter, singular], dextrīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dexterīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dextrum [accusative, masculine, singular], dexterum [accusative, masculine, singular], dextram [accusative, feminine, singular], dexteram [accusative, feminine, singular], dextrum [accusative, neuter, singular], dexterum [accusative, neuter, singular], dextrōs [accusative, masculine, plural], dexterōs [accusative, masculine, plural], dextrās [accusative, feminine, plural], dexterās [accusative, feminine, plural], dextra [accusative, neuter, plural], dextera [accusative, neuter, plural], dextrō [ablative, masculine, singular], dexterō [ablative, masculine, singular], dextrā [ablative, feminine, singular], dexterā [ablative, feminine, singular], dextrō [ablative, neuter, singular], dexterō [ablative, neuter, singular], dextrīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dexterīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dexter [masculine, singular, vocative], dextra [feminine, singular, vocative], dextera [feminine, singular, vocative], dextrum [neuter, singular, vocative], dexterum [neuter, singular, vocative], dextrī [masculine, plural, vocative], dexterī [masculine, plural, vocative], dextrae [feminine, plural, vocative], dexterae [feminine, plural, vocative], dextra [neuter, plural, vocative], dextera [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. right (relative direction), right hand Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Categories (topical): Directions
    Sense id: en-dexter-la-adj-dNilVCUR Disambiguation of Directions: 93 0 0 7
  2. skillful Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-dexter-la-adj-YWTbsuYm
  3. fortunate, favorable Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-dexter-la-adj-nYl0CAd3 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 68 25
  4. proper, fitting Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-dexter-la-adj-2kRPsU~L Categories (other): Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er Disambiguation of Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er: 27 19 19 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dester (english: Pompeian inscriptions) [Late-Latin, vulgar]
Derived forms: dextere, dextra, dextera, dextrāle, dextrē, dexteritās, dextrāle [neuter], dextrāliolum [neuter], dextrōrsum, dextrōrsus, dextrōversum, ambidexter

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dexter. Etymology templates: {{lbor|ro|la|dexter}} Learned borrowing from Latin dexter Head templates: {{ro-adj}} dexter m or n (feminine singular dexteră, masculine plural dexteri, feminine and neuter plural dextere) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: dexteră [feminine, singular], dexteri [masculine, plural], dextere [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], dexter [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], dexteră [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], dexteri [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], dextere [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], dexterul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], dextera [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], dexterii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], dexterele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], dexter [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], dextere [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], dexteri [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], dextere [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], dexterului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], dexterei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], dexterilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], dexterelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. dexterous Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-dexter-ro-adj-yINvLLPj Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "text": "German: Dextrose"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "dextra"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ido: dextra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
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          },
          "expansion": "Interlingua: dextre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: destro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "3": "dêt'e"
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          "expansion": "Norman: dêtre, dêt'e",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: dêtre, dêt'e"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
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          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: dèstre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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      ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: destro\nGalician: destro\nPortuguese: destro",
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        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
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          "expansion": "Old Spanish: diestro\nSpanish: diestro, diestra",
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        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
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          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
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          },
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          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "destru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: destru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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        "1": "la",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "δεξιτερός"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "деснъ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "right"
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "form": "dextrum",
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        "neuter"
      ]
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      "form": "dexterum",
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dexterior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dextimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "la-adecl",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "dexter",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dextera",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dextrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "dextrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterārum",
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      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "dextrōrum",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterōrum",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexteram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dextrās",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "comp": "dexterior",
        "sup": "dextimus"
      },
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      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((dexter/dextr<+>,dexter<+>))"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laevus"
        },
        {
          "word": "scaevus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sinister"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "93 0 0 7",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Directions",
          "orig": "la:Directions",
          "parents": [
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "right (relative direction), right hand"
      ],
      "id": "en-dexter-la-adj-dNilVCUR",
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Aeneas dreams of Hector, who tells him to flee, not fight:] “‘If Trojan [towers] could have been defended by [any] skillful [hand], [then] certainly by this [hand of mine] they would have been able to be defended.’”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.291–292",
          "roman": "dēfendī possent, etiam hāc dēfēnsa fuissent.’”",
          "text": "“‘… Sī Pergama dextrā"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "skillful"
      ],
      "id": "en-dexter-la-adj-YWTbsuYm",
      "links": [
        [
          "skillful",
          "skillful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 2 68 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fortunate, favorable"
      ],
      "id": "en-dexter-la-adj-nYl0CAd3",
      "links": [
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "favorable",
          "favorable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 19 19 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "proper, fitting"
      ],
      "id": "en-dexter-la-adj-2kRPsU~L",
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        [
          "proper",
          "proper"
        ],
        [
          "fitting",
          "fitting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdek.ster/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ɛks̠t̪ɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdek.ster/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ɛkst̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Pompeian inscriptions",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "dester"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dexter"
}

{
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      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dexter"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin dexter",
      "name": "lbor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin dexter.",
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    {
      "form": "dexteră",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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      "word": "dextera"
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      "word": "dextrāle"
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            "2": "dextru"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: dextru",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowing"
          },
          "expansion": "(borrowing)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "zestre"
          },
          "expansion": "zestre",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: dextru (borrowing), zestre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "destru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: destru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: destru"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deḱs-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*deksteros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *deksteros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*deḱs-tero-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero-s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*deḱs-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "right"
      },
      "expansion": "*deḱs- (“right”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "δεξιτερός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δεξιτερός (dexiterós)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "δεξιός"
      },
      "expansion": "δεξιός (dexiós)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "zesawa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "right hand, right hand side"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zesawa (“right hand, right hand side”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "दक्षिण",
        "tr": "dákṣiṇa"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "деснъ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "right"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero-s, from *deḱs- (“right”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεξιτερός (dexiterós), and compare δεξιός (dexiós), Old High German zesawa (“right hand, right hand side”), Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa), Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexteram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((dexter/dextr<+>,dexter<+>))",
        "comp": "dexterior",
        "sup": "dextimus"
      },
      "expansion": "dexter (feminine dextra or dextera, neuter dextrum or dexterum, comparative dexterior, superlative dextimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er; two different stems)",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((dexter/dextr<+>,dexter<+>))"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laevus"
        },
        {
          "word": "scaevus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sinister"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "right (relative direction), right hand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Aeneas dreams of Hector, who tells him to flee, not fight:] “‘If Trojan [towers] could have been defended by [any] skillful [hand], [then] certainly by this [hand of mine] they would have been able to be defended.’”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.291–292",
          "roman": "dēfendī possent, etiam hāc dēfēnsa fuissent.’”",
          "text": "“‘… Sī Pergama dextrā"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "skillful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skillful",
          "skillful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortunate, favorable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "favorable",
          "favorable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "proper, fitting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proper",
          "proper"
        ],
        [
          "fitting",
          "fitting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdek.ster/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ɛks̠t̪ɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdek.ster/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ɛkst̪er]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Pompeian inscriptions",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "dester"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dexter"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dexter"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin dexter",
      "name": "lbor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin dexter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dexteră",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexteri",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexteră",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexteri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexteri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dexterelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dexter m or n (feminine singular dexteră, masculine plural dexteri, feminine and neuter plural dextere)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian adjectives",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian learned borrowings from Latin",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dexterous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dexterous",
          "dexterous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dexter"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: dexter/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "dexter"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "dexter",
  "trace": ""
}

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