casus rectus

English

Alternative forms

• rectus casus

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cāsus (“case”) + rectus (“upright”).

Noun

casus rectus (plural casus recti)

1. (grammar, dated) The nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.

Synonyms

• direct case

Anagrams

• rectus casus