rectus
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
References
- “rectus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “rectus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
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
Participle
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.
- Synonym: prōrsus
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.23:
- Quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant
- Which preserve their order in straight lines
- Quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant
- (in general) right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting.
- (in particular) morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good, proper, honest.
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Descendants of rectus in other languages
References
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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