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English
Etymology
Ellipsis of Homo erectus.; from Latin erectus (“upright”).
Noun
erectus (uncountable)
- Homo erectus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of ērigō (“raise, erect”).
Pronunciation
Participle
ērēctus (feminine ērēcta, neuter ērēctum, comparative ērēctior); first/second-declension participle
- erected, made upright, raised, having been set up
- built, having been constructed
- aroused, excited, having been aroused
- encouraged, cheered, having been encouraged
- elevated, lofty, noble
- haughty, proud
- alert, attentive, intent, confident
- Synonyms: attentus, intentus, intēnsus, cautus
- animated, encouraged, resolute
- (New Latin) Used in taxonomic names as a specific epithet for any plant or animal that stands erect.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
terms derived from erectus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “erectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “erectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- erectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to show a brisk and cheerful spirit: alacri et erecto animo esse