recta

English

Noun

recta

1. plural of rectum
   • 1983: John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder, p321

     They were scared deep in their recta, but they leaped out of the foxhole and ran to the rescue, but by the time they got there Bucket-head had already stopped one of the enemy and the rest of them headed back upstream.

Anagrams

• Carte, Trace, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, reäct, trace

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk.ta/

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recte

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Latin

Etymology 1

From the feminine ablative singular of rēctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreːk.taː/, [ˈreːk.t̪aː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛk.t̪a]

Adverb

rēctā (not comparable)

1. directly, straightforward

Etymology 2

See rēctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreːk.taː/, [ˈreːk.t̪aː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛk.t̪a]

Participle

rēcta

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of rēctus
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of rēctus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreːk.ta/, [ˈreːk.t̪a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛk.t̪a]

Participle

rēctā

1. ablative feminine singular of rēctus

References

• recta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• recta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• recta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recto

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Spanish

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recto

Noun

recta f (plural rectas)

1. straight line
2. straight

Derived terms

• recta final