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dextrae

dextrae is a Latin form of dexter, meaning “right (hand); favorable”. It is the nominative plural feminine adjective or vocative plural feminine adjective or dative singular feminine adjective or genitive singular feminine adjective.

Found 119 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.29.3: At nostri equites, qui paulo ante cum resistentibus fortissime conflixerant, laetitia victoriae elati magno undique clamore sublato cedentibus circumfusi, quantum equorum vires ad persequendum dextraeque ad caedendum valent, tantum eo proelio interficiunt.

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.