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dexteritas

dexteritas · f

Dexterity, aptness, readiness

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Where it lives

Parentalia 1 · 3.85/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Ab urbe condita 2 · 0.04/10k

What it meant

dextĕrĭtas — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

dexteritas Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.28.18.6
dexteritate Ausonius, Parentalia 14.8
dexteritatem Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.17.1
dexteritas Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.37.7.15

Where it came from

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