rhectae
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ῥῆκται (rhêktai), the plural form of ῥήκτης (rhḗktēs, “breaker, render”), from the verb ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “break, rend”) and the suffix -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.tae̯/, [ˈreːkt̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.te/, [ˈrɛkt̪e]
Noun[edit]
rhēctae m pl (genitive rhēctārum); first declension (plural only)
- A kind of earthquake
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | rhēctae |
| Genitive | rhēctārum |
| Dative | rhēctīs |
| Accusative | rhēctās |
| Ablative | rhēctīs |
| Vocative | rhēctae |
References[edit]
- “rhectae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rhectae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.