LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dexteritās

dexteritās f (genitive dexteritātis)

Meaning

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

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedexteritāsdexteritātēs
genitivedexteritātisdexteritātum
dativedexteritātīdexteritātibus
accusativedexteritātemdexteritātēs
ablativedexteritātedexteritātibus
vocativedexteritāsdexteritātēs

dextĕrĭtas, ātis, f. dexter, II..
I. Dexterity, aptness, readiness in doing good offices (rare and not ante-Aug.): tanta inerat comitas Scipioni atque ad omnia naturalis ingenii dexteritas, Liv. 28, 18, 6; 37, 7, 15; Gell. 13, 16, 1 al.—*
II. Prosperity, felicity, Arn. 7, p. 225.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱs
  2. Latindexteritās

Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terósder. Proto-Italic *deksteros Latin dexter Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin dexteritās From dexter + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishdexterity
  • Frenchdextérité
  • Italiandesterità
  • GermanDexterität
  • Portuguesedesteridade
  • Romaniandexteritate
  • Spanishdesteridad

In English words that came into English from dexteritās

  • dexteritydexteritās

Quick answers

What does dexteritās mean in Latin?
dexteritās, a noun, means “dexterity, aptness, readiness; prosperity, felicity”.
What is the genitive of dexteritās?
The genitive singular is dexteritātis. dexteritās is feminine, third declension.
Where does dexteritās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *déḱs → Latin dexteritās.