recta
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recta
- plural of rectum[1]
- 1983, John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder, page 321:
- They were scared deep in their recta, but they leaped out of the foxhole and ran to the rescue, but by the time they got there Bucket-head had already stopped one of the enemy and the rest of them headed back upstream.
References edit
- ^ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Eleventh Edition)
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recta
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recta
Noun edit
recta f (plural rectes)
- straight line
- Synonym: línia recta
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Etymology 1 edit
From the feminine ablative singular of rēctus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.taː/, [ˈreːkt̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]
Adverb edit
rēctā (not comparable)
- directly, straightforward
Etymology 2 edit
See rēctus.
Pronunciation 1 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.taː/, [ˈreːkt̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]
Participle edit
rēcta
- inflection of rēctus:
Pronunciation 2 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.ta/, [ˈreːkt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]
Participle edit
rēctā
References edit
- “recta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “recta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- recta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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recta
Noun edit
recta f (plural rectas)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of reta. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
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recta f (plural rectas)
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recta
Further reading edit
- “recto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014