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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?ctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of m?sculus r?ctus (“straight muscle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k.t?s/

Noun

rectus (plural recti)

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

   Hyponyms: rectus abdominis, rectus capitis anterior, rectus capitis lateralis, rectus capitis posterior major, rectus capitis posterior minor, rectus femoris

   1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of rectus abdominis.
   2. (anatomy) Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.

      Hyponyms: superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, lateral rectus

Related terms

• diastasis recti

References

• “rectus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “rectus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Crutes, Curets, Custer, cruets, cruset, curest, curets, eructs, recuts, truces

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of reg? (“to keep or lead straight, to guide”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *h?re?tós (“having moved in a straight line”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?- (“to straighten, direct”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?k.tus/, [?re?kt??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rek.tus/, [?r?kt?us]

Participle

r?ctus (feminine r?cta, neuter r?ctum, comparative r?ctior, superlative r?ctissimus, adverb r?ct?); first/second-declension participle

1. led straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright.
2. (in general) right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting.
3. (in particular) morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good, proper, honest.

   Antonym: pr?vus

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

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)
• rectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Alternative forms

• recta

Noun

rectums

1. plural of rectum

French

Noun

rectums ?

1. plural of rectum