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dextrorsus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Composed of dexter ("right", adj.) + vorsus, versus (“toward”).

Adverb

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dextrōrsus (not comparable)

  1. towards the right side, to the right
    Antonym: sinistrōrsus

Descendants

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  • → Italian: destrorso

References

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  • “dextrorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dextrorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dextrorsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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