arrectus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adrēctus

Etymology

From arrigō (“I set up, erect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈreːk.tus/, [ärˈreːkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈrek.tus/, [ärˈrɛkt̪us]

Participle

arrēctus (feminine arrēcta, neuter arrēctum, comparative arrēctior); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect passive participle of arrigō: erect, perpendicular, upright; (rare) steep, precipitous
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 21.35
   • c. 250 CE, Solinus, De mirabilibus mundi 9.8

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arrēctus	arrēcta	arrēctum		arrēctī	arrēctae	arrēcta
Genitive	arrēctī	arrēctae	arrēctī		arrēctōrum	arrēctārum	arrēctōrum
Dative	arrēctō		arrēctō		arrēctīs
Accusative	arrēctum	arrēctam	arrēctum		arrēctōs	arrēctās	arrēcta
Ablative	arrēctō	arrēctā	arrēctō		arrēctīs
Vocative	arrēcte	arrēcta	arrēctum		arrēctī	arrēctae	arrēcta

Derived terms

• arrēctārius (adjective)

Descendants

• English: arrect, arrector
• Old French: arroit
• Spanish: arrecho

References

• “arrectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arrectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.