English

Noun

rectus ‎(plural recti)

1. (anatomy) Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• cruets
• eructs
• recuts
• truces

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of regō ‎(“rule”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós ‎(“having moved in a straight line”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‎(“to straighten, direct”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreːk.tus/, [ˈreːk.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrek.tus/

Participle

rēctus m ‎(feminine rēcta, neuter rēctum); first/second declension

1. ruled, having been ruled, governed, having been governed
2. guided, having been guided, steered, having been steered
3. straight
4. right
5. proper, honest

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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