rectus

English

Etymology

From the Latin phrase "(musculus) rectus", or "a straight (muscle)".

Noun

rectus (plural recti)

1. (anatomy) Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• rectus abdominis
• rectus capitis
• rectus femoris

• rectus in curia
• rectus oculi

Anagrams

• Custer, cruets, cruset, curest, curets, eructs, recuts, truces

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of regō (“rule”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreːk.tus/, [ˈreːk.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrek.tus/

Participle

rēctus m (feminine rēcta, neuter rēctum); first/second declension

1. ruled, having been ruled, governed, having been governed
2. guided, having been guided, steered, having been steered
3. straight
4. right
5. proper, honest

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	rēctus	rēcta	rēctum		rēctī	rēctae	rēcta
genitive	rēctī	rēctae	rēctī		rēctōrum	rēctārum	rēctōrum
dative	rēctō		rēctō		rēctīs
accusative	rēctum	rēctam	rēctum		rēctōs	rēctās	rēcta
ablative	rēctō	rēctā	rēctō		rēctīs
vocative	rēcte	rēcta	rēctum		rēctī	rēctae	rēcta

Descendants

• Catalan: recte
• English: arteriola recta renis, cyma recta, oratio recta, pars recta, recta ratio, recto, rectus, sphaera recta, tubulus seminiferus rectus, umbra recta, vas rectum, vas rectum renis, venula recta renis
• Friulian: ret

• Italian: retto, ritto
• Old Portuguese: reyto
• Portuguese: reto
• Spanish: recto

References

• rectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “rectus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “rectus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
    
  • (ambiguous) you were right in...; you did right to..: recte, bene fecisti quod...
    
  • (ambiguous) a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
    
  • (ambiguous) to congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience: conscientia recte factorum erigi
    
  • (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure, merito)
    
  • (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure) quidem
    
  • (ambiguous) quite rightly: recte, iure id quidem