rectus

English

Etymology

From the Latin phrase "(musculus) rectus", or "a straight (muscle)".

Noun

rectus (plural recti)

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

Derived terms

diastasis recti
rectus abdominis
rectus capitis

rectus femoris
rectus in curia
rectus oculi

Anagrams

Crutes, Curets, Custer, cruets, cruset, curest, curets, 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

ruled, having been ruled, governed, having been governed
guided, having been guided, steered, having been steered
straight
right
proper, honest

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
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

Catalan: recte
English: arteriola recta renis, cyma recta, oratio recta, pars recta, recta ratio, recto, rectus, sphaera recta, tubulus seminiferus rectus, umbra recta, vas rectum, vas rectum renis, venula recta renis
Friulian: ret

Italian: retto, ritto
Old Portuguese: reyto
Portuguese: reto
Spanish: recto

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)
rectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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

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