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dextera or dextra ae, f

dexter, sc. manus, the right hand : Cedo dextram, T.: eius dextram, prendit, Cs.: per dexteram te istam oro: dexterae, quae fidei testes esse solebant: fidem dextrā dare, N.: si Pergama dextrā Defendi possent, i. e. by valor , V.: ut suā urbs periret dexterā, i. e. by civil war , H.: rubens, H.The right side : hinc ab dexterā Venire, T.: erat ab dextrā rupes aspera, S.: dextrā sinistrā omnibus occisis, on every side , S.: dextrā laevāque, O.: concede ad dexteram, T.The hand : omne sacrum rapiente dextrā, H.—Fig., a pledge of friendship : quae (Graecia) tendit dexteram Italiae.

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