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dextrum

dextrum is a Latin form of dexter, meaning “right (hand); favorable”. It is the accusative singular masculine adjective or accusative singular neuter adjective.

Found 107 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.25.1: Caesar ab X. legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, ubi suos urgeri signisque in unum locum conlatis XII. legionis confertos milites sibi ipsos …

Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.69: … Equitatus Caesaris, quod angusto itinere per aggeres ascendebat, receptui suo timens initium fugae faciebat: Dextrum cornu, quod erat a sinistro seclusum, terrore equitum animadverso, ne intra munitionem opprimeretur, ea parte …

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.