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directus
directus
Latin
Adjective
dīrectus m (feminine dīrecta, neuter dīrectum); first/second declension
- laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines;
- (by extension) direct, straight; level; upright
- directed, steered, having been directed
- distributed, scattered, having been distributed
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dīrectus | dīrecta | dīrectum | dīrectī | dīrectae | dīrecta | |
| genitive | dīrectī | dīrectae | dīrectī | dīrectōrum | dīrectārum | dīrectōrum | |
| dative | dīrectō | dīrectō | dīrectīs | ||||
| accusative | dīrectum | dīrectam | dīrectum | dīrectōs | dīrectās | dīrecta | |
| ablative | dīrectō | dīrectā | dīrectō | dīrectīs | |||
| vocative | dīrecte | dīrecta | dīrectum | dīrectī | dīrectae | dīrecta | |
Descendants
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References
- directus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- DIRECTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “directus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
- in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum