rectitudo

Latin

Etymology

Post-Classical, from rectus (“straight”), perfect passive participle of regō (“regulate, guide”).

Noun

rēctitūdō f (genitive rēctitūdinis); third declension

  1. straightness, directness
  2. uprightness, (moral) rectitude

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēctitūdō rēctitūdinēs
Genitive rēctitūdinis rēctitūdinum
Dative rēctitūdinī rēctitūdinibus
Accusative rēctitūdinem rēctitūdinēs
Ablative rēctitūdine rēctitūdinibus
Vocative rēctitūdō rēctitūdinēs

Descendants
  • Catalan: rectitud
  • English: rectitude
  • French: rectitude
  • Spanish: rectitud

References
  • “rectitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rectitudo 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)
  • rectitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • rectitudo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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