dexteritas

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Latin

Etymology

From dexter +‎ -tās.

Noun

dexteritās f (genitive dexteritātis); third declension

dexterity, aptness, readiness
prosperity, felicity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dexteritās	dexteritātēs
genitive	dexteritātis	dexteritātum
dative	dexteritātī	dexteritātibus
accusative	dexteritātem	dexteritātēs
ablative	dexteritāte	dexteritātibus
vocative	dexteritās	dexteritātēs

Related terms

dexter

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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