arrectus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From arrigō (“I set up, erect”).

Pronunciation

Participle

arrēctus (feminine arrēcta, neuter arrēctum, comparative arrēctior); first/second-declension participle

  1. perfect passive participle of arrigō: erect, perpendicular, upright; (rare) steep, precipitous

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative arrēctus arrēcta arrēctum arrēctī arrēctae arrēcta
Genitive arrēctī arrēctae arrēctī arrēctōrum arrēctārum arrēctōrum
Dative arrēctō arrēctō arrēctīs
Accusative arrēctum arrēctam arrēctum arrēctōs arrēctās arrēcta
Ablative arrēctō arrēctā arrēctō arrēctīs
Vocative arrēcte arrēcta arrēctum arrēctī arrēctae arrēcta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: arrect, arrector
  • Old French: arroit
  • Spanish: arrecho

References

  • “arrectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arrectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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