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Latin
Etymology
Post-Classical, from rectus (“straight”), perfect passive participle of regō (“regulate, guide”).
Noun
rēctitūdō f (genitive rēctitūdinis); third declension
- straightness, directness
- uprightness, (moral) rectitude
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “rectitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "rectitudo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rectitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- rectitudo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016