He who knows most, doubts most. — Jerónimo de Carranza
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the Destreza Glossary
D - Diestro
Dictionary: Academia Autoridades (D-F), 1732
(la mano derecho; significa tambien habil y experto en qualquier Arte,
y que tiene habilidád para executar con destréza alguna
cosa.)
(the right hand; also means able and expert in whatever Art, and that one has the ability to perform something with skill [mastery].)
Diestro. Usado como substantivo se entiende siempre por el que es mui habil en jugar la espáda ò las armas. Lat. Armorum peritissimus. Cerv. Nov.5. pl.180. De los diestros dixo una vez que eran Maestros de una ciéncia, que quando la havian menester no la sabian. Quev. Tacañ. cap.8. Dixome que era diestro verdadéro, y que lo haria bueno en qualquiera parte.
Swordsman. Used as a noun it is always understood as he that is very skilled in playing the sword or the weapons. Lat. Armorum peritissimus. Cerv. Nov.5. pl.180. Of the swordsmen he said one time that they were Masters of a science, that when it was necessary to them they did not know it [the science]. Quev. Tacañ. cap.8. He told me that he was a true swordsman, and that he would do it well in whatever place [anywhere].
Esto vá de diestro à diestro. Phrase con que se explica la igualdad de dos en lo hábil, experto, ò astúto: dando à entender, que cada uno le percibe, ò penetra bien al otro la intención, ò le previene en lo que se vá à executar. Lat. Dexter dextrum pravenit.
This goes from swordsman to swordsman. Phrase with which one explains the equality of two people in ability, expertness, or knowledge: giving to understand, that each one perceives, or guesses well the intention of the other, or foretells in that which one is going to do [perform, execute]. Lat. Dexter dextrum pravenit.
De diestro à diestro, el mas presto. Refr. que dá entender, que entre dos igualmente hábiles, astútos y sagáces el mas pronto en resolverse ò en emprender el intento se lleva la ventája. Es tomado de los igualmente hábiles en el manéjo de la espada, de los quales el mas agil en acometer lleva mucha ventája al otro. Lat. Ille est dexterior, qui prior aggreditur.
From swordsman to swordsman, the fastest. Idiom [proverb, saying] that means, that between two equally skilled, astute and wise the fastest in resolverse or in emprender the intention carries the advantage. It is taken from those equally skilled in the use of the sword, of whom the most agile in attacking carries a lot of advantage over the other. Lat. Ille est dexterior, qui prior aggreditur.
Dictionary:
Minsheu 1599 (Spanish-English)
Diéstra máno, the right hand.
