dexteritas

Latin

Etymology

From dexter +‎ -tās.

Noun

dexteritās f (genitive dexteritātis); third declension

dexterity, aptness, readiness
prosperity, felicity

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	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
French: dextérité
Italian: desterità
Portuguese: desteridade
Romanian: dexteritate
Spanish: desteridad

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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