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dexteram

dexteram is a Latin form of dexter, meaning “right (hand); favorable”.

It can also be a form of dextera, “right hand; pledge, promise (given with the right hand)”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 82 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In Catilinam 1.24: … illa carere diutius possis quam venerari ad caedem proficiscens solebas, a cuius altaribus saepe istam impiam dexteram ad necem civium transtulisti?

Plautus, Rudens 1.4.254c: Ad déxteram.

All forms of dexter (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.