dexter Copy link Outline I. Prop.II. Trop. . ...1. Handy, dexterous, skilful; opportune, proper, suitable, fitting ...2. ... ⓘdexter: masc nom/voc sg • dexter, tĕra, tĕrum, and more freq. tra, trum (dat. plur. fem.: dextrabus manibus, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 493, 20.—Comp. dextĕrĭor; sup. dextĭmus), adj. [dex-ter, root dek-, Gr. δέκομαι, whence δάκτυλος, digitus; cf. Germ. Finger, from fangen; cf. also Sanscr. dakshinas, on the right hand, and Gr. δεξ-ιός], to the right, on the right side, right (opp. laevus, sinister). I. Prop.: ut ante oculos fuerit qui dexter hic idem nunc sit laevus, Lucr. 4, 302: manus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 49; 50; id. Capt. 2, 3, 82; Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46: pars membrorum (opp. laeva), Lucr. 4, 293: umeri, Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2: latus, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6; Ov. M. 13, 730 et saep.: cornu, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 2; 2, 23, 4 et saep.: ala, Liv. 31, 21: acies, id. 27, 48 et saep.: dextrarum tibiarum genus est, quae dextra tenentur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 5 Müll. et saep.: dextra ejus (fluminis) accolunt Deximontani, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99.—Comp. in signification = dexter, but spoken of two only: in dexteriore parte, opp. sinisteriore, Varr. L. L. 9, § 34 Müll.; so, pars, opp. laeva, Ov. M. 7, 241: rota, opp. sinisterior, id. ib. 2, 138: armus, id. ib. 12, 303: umerus, Suet. Claud. 7: latus, id. Galb. 21: cornu, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3 et saep.—Sup.: dextimus, a, um, an ancient and rare form, in signif. i. q. dexter: dextima via, Varr. ap. Non. 94, 30: apud dextimos, Sall. J. 100, 2.— II. Trop. (perh. not in ante-Aug. prose). 1. Handy, dexterous, skilful; opportune, proper, suitable, fitting: rem ita dexter egit, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 36: et Marius scriptis dexter in omne genus, Ov. Pont. 4, 16, 24: quis rebus dexter modus, Verg. A. 4, 294: tempus, Hor. S. 2, 1, 18.— 2. (Since the Greeks regarded an omen on the right as favorable) favorable, propitious, fortunate: dextra auspicia prospera, Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 4 Müll.; cf. omen, Val. Fl. 1, 245: dexter adi, Verg. A. 8, 302; cf.: dexter ac volens assit (numen), Quint. 4 prooem. 5: Jove, Pers. 5, 114: sidere, Stat. S. 3, 4, 63 et saep.—Hence,
dexter Copy link Outline 1 qui est à droite, droit : de la main droite ; ayant ...2 [fig.] adroit : || propice, favorable : assiste favorablement [invocation]. ⓘdexter: masc nom/voc sg • dexter, tra, trum ou tĕra, tĕrum, 1. qui est à droite, droit : dextera manu Cic. Div. 1, 46, de la main droite ; dextris umeris exsertis Cæs. G. 7, 50, 2, ayant l'épaule droite découverte : pl. n. dextera (-tra), ōrum, ce qui est à droite, le côté droit : Lucr. 2, 488 ; Vell. 2, 40, 1 ; Plin. 6, 99 || v. dexterior, dextimus 2. [fig.] adroit : Virg. En. 4, 294 ; Liv. 8, 36 || propice, favorable : Quint. 4, pr., 5 ; P. Fest. 74, 4 ; dexter adi Virg. En. 8, 302, assiste favorablement [invocation].
dexter Copy link ⓘdexter: masc nom/voc sg DEXTER tra, trum; vel tera, terum. Adi. [δεξιὸς] Plerumque sine Substantiuo ponitur, subaudito Manus, Pars, Latus, aut aliquid simile. […] 🗁 Page Scan