Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1586.rectus on page 1586
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rēctus straight
rēctus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means straight.
Definitions for rēctus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
straight, right
- 2
rēctum, -ī, n., the right, virtue
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Straight (as opposed to crooked); intestinum ~um, the rectum; in ~um, along a straight line. (b) (of the features, etc.) straight, not contorted. (c) (of enunciation) even, level.
- 2
(of a route) Straight, direct. (b) (abl.) ~a uia, etc., by a direct route, straight; (transf.) by direct means. (c) (in advl. phrs., in abl. or w. prep.) providing a straight route (in transl. 'straight along', 'through', etc.). (d) in ~um, in a straight line, straightforward.
- 3
(of motion) Proceeding in a straight line. (b) (pred.) moving, or moved, in a straight line.
- 4
(of actions) Proceeding in a straightforward manner, direct. (b) (of expression) straightforward, direct; (also of a speaker). (c) not involving an intermediate agency, direct.
- 5
Directed squarely at anything or facing squarely; ~a fronte, etc., with a square front, on the square. (b) (of the eyes) facing directly, looking squarely (at something).
Sentences with rēctus
Latin to English
Est modus in rebus, sunt ceti denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.Compare There are fixed limits beyond which and short of which right cannot find a resting place.
Interdum volgus rectum videt, est ubi peccat.Compare At times the world sees straight: there are occasions when it goes wrong.
Ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura est: turpis Romano Belgicus ore color.Compare As nature made it, every face is right; Belgian rouge disgraces Roman cheeks.
Quoniam rectus consilium haud bene evenio, pravus utor coepi.Compare Since just plans had not turned out well, he began to use base ones.
Dico ex is quidam Athenienses scio, qui rectus sum, sed facio nolo.Compare One of them said that the Athenians knew what was right, but were unwilling to practise it.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 485.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1586.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "rēctus, rēcta, rēctum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/rectus-recta-rectum.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 485.on page 485
