rectus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rectus (plural recti)
- (anatomy) Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
- Hyponyms: rectus abdominis, rectus capitis anterior, rectus capitis lateralis, rectus capitis posterior major, rectus capitis posterior minor, rectus femoris
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of rectus abdominis.
- (anatomy) Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.
- Hyponyms: superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, lateral rectus
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “rectus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “rectus” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perfect passive participle of regō (“to keep or lead straight, to guide”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
rēctus (feminine rēcta, neuter rēctum, comparative rēctior, superlative rēctissimus, adverb rēctē); first/second-declension participle
- Led straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright.
- (in general) Right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting.
- (in particular) Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good, proper, honest.
- Antonym: prāvus
Inflection[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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[edit]
- Catalan: recte
- → English: recta, rectus, recto
- Friulian: ret
- Italian: retto, ritto, → recto
- Old Portuguese: reyto
- Portuguese: reto
- Spanish: recto
References[edit]
- 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
- rectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- rectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 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
- (ambiguous) in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
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