dexteritas

Latin

Etymology

From dexter +‎ -tās.

Noun

dexteritās f (genitive dexteritātis); third declension

  1. dexterity, aptness, readiness
  2. prosperity, felicity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dexteritās dexteritātēs
Genitive dexteritātis dexteritātum
Dative dexteritātī dexteritātibus
Accusative dexteritātem dexteritātēs
Ablative dexteritāte dexteritātibus
Vocative dexteritās dexteritātēs

Descendants
  • → English: dexterity (learned)
  • → French: dextérité (learned)
  • → Italian: desterità (learned)
  • → German: Dexterität (learned)
  • → Portuguese: desteridade (learned)
  • → Romanian: dexteritate (learned)
  • → Spanish: desteridad (learned)

References
  • “dexteritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dexteritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dexteritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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