dierecte
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di.eˈrek.te/, [d̪iɛˈrɛkt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.eˈrek.te/, [d̪ieˈrɛkt̪e]
Adverb[edit]
dīērecte (not comparable)
- to the gallows (to be hanged)
- 3rd century – 2nd century BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria, Harvard University Press, page 290:
- abscede ab aedibus. abi rus, abi dierecte, abscede ab ianua.
- Away from the house with you! Off to your farm! Off and be hanged! Away from the doorway!
- 3rd century – 2nd century BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria, Harvard University Press, page 290: