directura

Latin

Alternative forms

dērectūra

Etymology

From dīrigō (“arrange in lines”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /diː.rekˈtuː.ra/, [diː.rɛkˈtuː.ra]

Noun

dīrectūra f (genitive dīrectūrae); first declension

The action of making something straight, even or level; a level or even surface.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dīrectūra	dīrectūrae
genitive	dīrectūrae	dīrectūrārum
dative	dīrectūrae	dīrectūrīs
accusative	dīrectūram	dīrectūrās
ablative	dīrectūrā	dīrectūrīs
vocative	dīrectūra	dīrectūrae

Descendants

French: droiture
Italian: dirittura
Portuguese: direitura
Spanish: derechura

References

directura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
directura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
directura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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