dextra

dextra is a Latin form of dexter, meaning “right (hand); favorable”. It is the ablative singular feminine adjective or nominative plural neuter adjective.

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

Found 608 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.45.10: His rebus expositis signum dat et ab dextra parte alio ascensu eodem tempore Aeduos mittit.

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.4: … dium perveniunt ibique naves expediunt rursusque se ad confligendum animo confirmant et consilia communicant. Dextra pars attribuitur Massiliensibus, sinistra Nasidio.

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.20: … buit. Sic córpus clade horríbili absumptum éxtabuit, Ipse ínligatus péste interimor téxtili. Hos nón hostilis déxtra, non Terra édita Molés Gigantum, nón biformato ímpetu Centaúrus ictus córpori inflixít meo, Non Gráia vis, no …

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.