rectitudo

Latin

Etymology

From rēctus (“straight”) +‎ -tūdō; with the former from the perfect passive participle of regō (“regulate, guide”).

Noun

rēctitūdō f (genitive rēctitūdinis); third declension (post-Classical)

  1. straightness, directness
  2. uprightness, (moral) rectitude

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rēctitūdō rēctitūdinēs
genitive rēctitūdinis rēctitūdinum
dative rēctitūdinī rēctitūdinibus
accusative rēctitūdinem rēctitūdinēs
ablative rēctitūdine rēctitūdinibus
vocative rēctitūdō rēctitūdinēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: rectitud
  • English: rectitude
  • French: rectitude
  • Spanish: rectitud

References

  • “rectitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "rectitudo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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