03-07-2008, 01:17 PM
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Kick Ass Kunoichi
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I only know enough Latin to know the words you want to look for--"dexter" is "right", and "via" is "way". You add an -a to dexter to make it feminine. I'm not sure how they fit together to say what you want to say correctly, but I'm pretty sure it would be "via dextera."
And "dexter" is:
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dexter -tera -terum or -tra -trum; compar. dexterior -ius , superl. dextimus -a -um; [right, on the right hand, on the right side].Transf. [dexterous, skillful; propitious, favorable, opportune]. F. as subst. dextera or dextra, [the right hand];'(a) dextra', [on the right]; esp. [the right hand as a pledge of faith]; sometimes, in gen., [the hand]. Adv. dextere or dextre, compar. dexterius; [dexterously, skillfully].
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from: http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm
Or, if it were "right" as in "correct", "recta" is a possibility. From rego:
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rego regere rexi rectum [to guide , direct; to rule, govern, administer]. Hence partic. rectus -a -um, [ruled]; as adj. [straight; upright]. Transf. [right, correct, proper; honest, upright; natural, plain, straightforward]; n. as subst. [right]. Adv. recte, [in a straight line; rightly, properly]; 'recte est', [all is well].
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Last edited by snowy; 03-07-2008 at 01:20 PM..
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