Usages of dexter
Ad sinistram taberna est, ad dextram autem bibliotheca.
On the left there is a shop, but on the right there is a library.
Uxor dicit se per vicum sinistrum non ituram esse, sed per vicum dextrum.
The wife says that she will not go by the left street, but by the right street.
Magister discipulos monet ut per vicum rectum eant et ad angulum dextrum vertant.
The teacher warns the students to go through the straight street and turn at the right corner.
Via dextra ad forum ducit, sed via sinistra ad portam.
The road on the right leads to the forum, but the road on the left leads to the gate.
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