dextrorsus

Latin

Alternative forms

• dextrōrsum
• dextrōvorsum

Etymology

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

Adverb

dextrōrsus (not comparable)

1. towards the right side, to the right

   Antonym: sinistrōrsus

Descendants

• → Italian: destrorso
• → Spanish: dextrorso

References

• “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.