"dexter" meaning in Latin

See dexter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: dextra [singular, feminine, nominative], dextrum [singular, neuter, nominative], dextri [plural, masculine, nominative], dextrae [plural, feminine, nominative], dextra [plural, neuter, nominative], dextra [singular, feminine, vocative], dextrum [singular, neuter, vocative], dextri [plural, masculine, vocative], dextrae [plural, feminine, vocative], dextra [plural, neuter, vocative], dextrum [singular, masculine, accusative], dextram [singular, feminine, accusative], dextrum [singular, neuter, accusative], dextros [plural, masculine, accusative], dextras [plural, feminine, accusative], dextra [plural, neuter, accusative], dextri [singular, masculine, genitive], dextrae [singular, feminine, genitive], dextri [singular, neuter, genitive], dextrorum [plural, masculine, genitive], dextrarum [plural, feminine, genitive], dextrorum [plural, neuter, genitive], dextro [singular, masculine, dative], dextrae [singular, feminine, dative], dextro [singular, neuter, dative], dextris [plural, masculine, dative], dextris [plural, feminine, dative], dextris [plural, neuter, dative], dextro [singular, masculine, ablative], dextra [singular, feminine, ablative], dextro [singular, neuter, ablative], dextris [plural, masculine, ablative], dextris [plural, feminine, ablative], dextris [plural, neuter, ablative]
  1. Droit, situé à droite.
    Sense id: fr-dexter-la-adj-Va8ZUJG- Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  2. Qui vient du côté droit (en parlant des présages), favorable, propice.
    Sense id: fr-dexter-la-adj-ejpcoOXI Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  3. Qui sait se servir de sa main droite, habile, adroit.
    Sense id: fr-dexter-la-adj-j3nnFvoc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Adjectifs en latin, Lemmes en latin, Latin, Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction Derived forms: ambidexter, dexteritas, dextra, dextra, dextrale, dextraliolium, dextralis, dextratio, dextrator, dextratus, dextrocherium, dextrorsum, dextrorsus, dextrovorsum, dextrovorsus, dexterous, dextrous, destre, diestro, dextre, destro, dèstre
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "gauche",
      "word": "sinister"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Adjectifs en latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Latin",
      "orig": "latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "ambidextre",
      "word": "ambidexter"
    },
    {
      "translation": "dextérité, habileté",
      "word": "dexteritas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "main droite",
      "word": "dextra"
    },
    {
      "translation": "à droite de",
      "word": "dextra"
    },
    {
      "translation": "bracelet",
      "word": "dextrale"
    },
    {
      "translation": "petit bracelet",
      "word": "dextraliolium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "hachette",
      "word": "dextralis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "mouvement de gauche à droite",
      "word": "dextratio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "celui qui se tourne à droite",
      "word": "dextrator"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tourné à droite",
      "word": "dextratus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "bracelet",
      "word": "dextrocherium"
    },
    {
      "word": "dextrorsum"
    },
    {
      "word": "dextrorsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dextrovorsum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "vers la droite",
      "word": "dextrovorsus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "dexterous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "dextrous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "destre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "diestro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Français",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "dextre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "destro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "dèstre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Apparenté au grec δεξιός, δεξιτερός, -ster a ici valeur de suffixe et la racine *dek est la même que dans decet."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextri",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextri",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextram",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextros",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextras",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextri",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextri",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrorum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrarum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrorum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextro",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextro",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextro",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextro",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "dexter oculus.",
          "translation": "l’œil droit."
        },
        {
          "text": "ab dextrā parte.",
          "translation": "du côté droit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Droit, situé à droite."
      ],
      "id": "fr-dexter-la-adj-Va8ZUJG-"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Stat.",
          "text": "dextro sidere.",
          "translation": "sous une bonne étoile."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qui vient du côté droit (en parlant des présages), favorable, propice."
      ],
      "id": "fr-dexter-la-adj-ejpcoOXI"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Qui sait se servir de sa main droite, habile, adroit."
      ],
      "id": "fr-dexter-la-adj-j3nnFvoc"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "comparative",
    "superlative"
  ],
  "word": "dexter"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "gauche",
      "word": "sinister"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Adjectifs en latin",
    "Lemmes en latin",
    "latin",
    "Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "ambidextre",
      "word": "ambidexter"
    },
    {
      "translation": "dextérité, habileté",
      "word": "dexteritas"
    },
    {
      "translation": "main droite",
      "word": "dextra"
    },
    {
      "translation": "à droite de",
      "word": "dextra"
    },
    {
      "translation": "bracelet",
      "word": "dextrale"
    },
    {
      "translation": "petit bracelet",
      "word": "dextraliolium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "hachette",
      "word": "dextralis"
    },
    {
      "translation": "mouvement de gauche à droite",
      "word": "dextratio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "celui qui se tourne à droite",
      "word": "dextrator"
    },
    {
      "translation": "tourné à droite",
      "word": "dextratus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "bracelet",
      "word": "dextrocherium"
    },
    {
      "word": "dextrorsum"
    },
    {
      "word": "dextrorsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dextrovorsum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "vers la droite",
      "word": "dextrovorsus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "dexterous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "dextrous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "destre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "diestro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Français",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "dextre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "destro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "dèstre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Apparenté au grec δεξιός, δεξιτερός, -ster a ici valeur de suffixe et la racine *dek est la même que dans decet."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextri",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextri",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextram",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextros",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextras",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextri",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextri",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrorum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrarum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrorum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextro",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextrae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextro",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextro",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextra",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextro",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dextris",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "dexter oculus.",
          "translation": "l’œil droit."
        },
        {
          "text": "ab dextrā parte.",
          "translation": "du côté droit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Droit, situé à droite."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Stat.",
          "text": "dextro sidere.",
          "translation": "sous une bonne étoile."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qui vient du côté droit (en parlant des présages), favorable, propice."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Qui sait se servir de sa main droite, habile, adroit."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "comparative",
    "superlative"
  ],
  "word": "dexter"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dexter meaning in Latin (4.3kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-30 from the frwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.