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Meaning of 'Dextra' in English | Latin to English

Last Updated: June 13, 2026

Level: B2 Upper

Meaning of 'Dextra' in English | Latin to English

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🗣️ Translation & Context: Looking for the English meaning or translation of the Latin word 'Dextra'? Memorizing flat dictionary definitions is slow. Read the Latin to English examples below, check your pronunciation, and play the interactive games to master it instantly.

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Dictionary Entry: Essential usages of 'Dextra'.
Verified Footprint: 753 active tokens in this module.
Study Commitment: Approximately 4 minutes of required focus.
Difficulty Range: Adaptive (B2 Upper).
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"Plerique dextra manu utuntur."

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Most people are right-handed. Pl_r_q__ d_xtr_ m_n_ _t_nt_r.

Tom is deaf in his right ear. Th_m_s d_xtr_ __r_ s_rd_s _st.

The library is the white building on the right. B_bl__th_c_ _st _ d_xtr_ __d_f_c__m _lb_m.

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Plerique dextra manu utuntur.ed

Present
Plerique dextra manu utuntur.

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will Plerique dextra manu utuntur.

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                    [00:00] Plerique dextra manu utuntur.                

                    [00:01] Thomas dextra aure surdus est.                

                    [00:02] Bibliotheca est a dextra aedificium album.                

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📚 Core Dictionary Examples

Plerique dextra manu utuntur.

Most people are right-handed.

📚 Part of Speech Classification: Lexical chunk / Expressive Phrase.

Thomas dextra aure surdus est.

Tom is deaf in his right ear.

Bibliotheca est a dextra aedificium album.

The library is the white building on the right.

❌ Common Pitfalls: "O son of Tydeus, bravest of the race, / why could not I have perished, too, that day / beneath thine arm, and breathed this soul away / far on the plains of Troy, where Hector brave / lay, pierced by fierce AEacide, where lay / giant Sarpedon, and swift Simois' wave / rolls heroes, helms and shields, whelmed in one watery grave?"

Avoid literal word-for-word translation when dealing with O Danaum fortissime gentis / Tydide! Mene Iliacis occumbere campis / non potuisse, tuaque animam hanc effundere dextra, / sævus ubi Aeacidæ telo jacet Hector, ubi ingens / Sarpedon, ubi tot Simois correpta sub undis / scuta virum galeasque et fortia corpora volvit!. Understand the conceptual phrase.

Cui lingua est grandis, parvula dextra iacet.

He who talks big does little.

Si ad septentriones aspicis, oriens a dextra est.

If you face north, the east is on your right.

Dextra fricat laevam, vultusque fricatur ab illis.

The right rubs the left, and the face is rubbed by them.

Si Pergama dextra / defendi possent, etiam hac defensa fuissent.

Could Troy be saved by mortal prowess, mine, / yea, mine had saved her.

💡 Etymology Fact: The root components of Dextra fricat laevam, vultusque fricatur ab illis. share deep historical origins with neighboring linguistic families.

Ilicet obruimur numero; primusque Corœbus / Penelei dextra divæ armipotentis ad aram / procumbit.

O'erwhelmed with odds, we perish; first of all, / struck down by fierce Peneleus by the fane / of warlike Pallas, doth Coroebus fall.

Et ingressi sunt filii Israel per medium maris sicci; erat enim aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et læva.

And the children of Israel went in through the midst of the sea dried up; for the water was as a wall on their right hand and on their left.

💡 Etymology Fact: The root components of Bibliotheca est a dextra aedificium album. share deep historical origins with neighboring linguistic families.

Sic fatus, amicum / Ilionea petit dextra, laevaque Serestum, / post alios, fortemque Gyan, fortemque Cloanthum.

So saying AEneas with his left hand pressed / Serestus, and Ilioneus with his right, / Brave Gyas, brave Cloanthus and the rest.

Ignari hominumque locorumque / erramus, vento huc vastis et fluctibus acti. / Multa tibi ante aras nostra cadet hostia dextra.

Say, who the people, what the clime and place, / and many a victim's blood thy hallowed shrine shall grace.

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Atque hic successu exsultans animisque Corœbus / "O socii, qua prima" inquit "fortuna salutis / monstrat iter, quaque ostendit se dextra, sequamur."

Flushed with success and eager for the fray, / "Friends," cries Coroebus, "forward; let us go / where Fortune newly smiling, points the way."

O Danaum fortissime gentis / Tydide! Mene Iliacis occumbere campis / non potuisse, tuaque animam hanc effundere dextra, / sævus ubi Aeacidæ telo jacet Hector, ubi ingens / Sarpedon, ubi tot Simois correpta sub undis / scuta virum galeasque et fortia corpora volvit!

O son of Tydeus, bravest of the race, / why could not I have perished, too, that day / beneath thine arm, and breathed this soul away / far on the plains of Troy, where Hector brave / lay, pierced by fierce AEacide, where lay / giant Sarpedon, and swift Simois' wave / rolls heroes, helms and shields, whelmed in one watery grave?

🔗 Collocation Matrix: Words frequently paired with Si Pergama dextra / defendi possent, etiam hac defensa fuissent. include "Could Troy be saved by mortal prowess, mine, / yea, mine had saved her. context" and "Latin verbs".

Source Reference: LingoLion Linguistic Corpus Version 4.2

💡 Etymology Fact: The root components of Si ad septentriones aspicis, oriens a dextra est. share deep historical origins with neighboring linguistic families.

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How do you say "Most people are right-handed." in English?

The most natural translation is "Plerique dextra manu utuntur.".

How do you say "Tom is deaf in his right ear." in English?

The most natural translation is "Thomas dextra aure surdus est.".

How do you say "The library is the white building on the right." in English?

The most natural translation is "Bibliotheca est a dextra aedificium album.".

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