directus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“lay straight; direct; distribute”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
dīrectus m (feminine dīrecta, neuter dīrectum); first/second declension
- laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines;
- (by extension) direct, straight; level; upright
- directed, steered, having been directed
- distributed, scattered, having been distributed
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dīrectus | dīrecta | dīrectum | dīrectī | dīrectae | dīrecta | |
| genitive | dīrectī | dīrectae | dīrectī | dīrectōrum | dīrectārum | dīrectōrum | |
| dative | dīrectō | dīrectō | dīrectīs | ||||
| accusative | dīrectum | dīrectam | dīrectum | dīrectōs | dīrectās | dīrecta | |
| ablative | dīrectō | dīrectā | dīrectō | dīrectīs | |||
| vocative | dīrecte | dīrecta | dīrectum | dīrectī | dīrectae | dīrecta | |
Descendants[edit]
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References[edit]
- directus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- DIRECTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- directus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
- in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum