rectus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛk.təs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

rectus (plural recti)

  1. (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
    1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of rectus abdominis.
    2. (anatomy) Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.
      Hyponyms: superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, lateral rectus

References

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós
Proto-Italic *rektos
Latin rēctus

    Perfect passive participle of regō (“to keep or lead straight, to guide”). Inherited from Proto-Italic *rektos, corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). The vowel is long because of Lachmann's law.

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    rēctus (feminine rēcta, neuter rēctum, comparative rēctior, superlative rēctissimus, adverb rēctē); first/second-declension participle

    1. led straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright.
      Synonym: prōrsus
    2. (in general) right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting.
    3. (in particular) morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good, proper, honest.
      Antonyms: prāvus, iniūrius
      • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.12.15:
        Via stultī rēcta in oculīs eius; quī autem sapiēns est audit cōnsilia.
        The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

    Inflection

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rēctus rēcta rēctum rēctī rēctae rēcta
    genitive rēctī rēctae rēctī rēctōrum rēctārum rēctōrum
    dative rēctō rēctae rēctō rēctīs
    accusative rēctum rēctam rēctum rēctōs rēctās rēcta
    ablative rēctō rēctā rēctō rēctīs
    vocative rēcte rēcta rēctum rēctī rēctae rēcta

    Descendants

    Descendants
    • Inherited:
      • Asturian: arrechu
      • Friulian: ret
      • Italian: retto, ritto
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: reyto
      • Sicilian: rittu
    • Borrowed:

    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, 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[1], 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
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