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

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.