LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
preposition

dextrā1

dextrā (+ accusative)
Classical[ˈdɛk.stra]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛk.stra]

Meaning

  1. post Augustanwith accusativeon the right side of

dextrā,
I. praep. [orig. dextrā, abl. of preceding], on the right of (post-Aug.); with acc.: dextra sinistraque januam, Gell. 16, 5, 3: dextra viam stratam, Liv. 8, 15, 8: dextra ac sinistra aquilonem, Vitr. 1, 6, 10; id. 6, 11, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 206, 18 al.
noun · femininefirst declension
dextra2
dextra f (genitive dextrae)
Classical[ˈdɛk.stra]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛk.stra]

Meaning

  1. feminineright hand
    “[...] Mēne Īliacīs occumbere campīs nōn potuisse tuāque animam hanc effundere dextrā [...].” “… Oh [Diomedes], why could I not have been [honored] to fall on the Ilian fields – and by your right hand – to pour out this life ….”(Aeneas, facing inglorious death at sea, laments that he did not die defending Troy or Ilion, where he was nearly slain by the Greek warrior Diomedes.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.97–98

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedextradextrae
genitivedextraedextrārum
dativedextraedextrīs
accusativedextram
dexteram		dextrās
ablativedextrādextrīs
vocativedextradextrae

Quick answers

What does dextrā mean in Latin?
dextrā, a preposition, means “on the right side of”.
How do you pronounce dextrā?
In classical Latin, [ˈdɛk.stra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdɛk.stra].