dierectus

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ ērēctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [di.eːˈrɛk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [di.eˈrɛk.tus]

Adjective

diērectus (feminine diērecta, neuter diērectum, adverb dīērecte); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Old Latin, derogatory) crucified

   ī diērectus ― go get thee crucified

   apage in diērectum ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.4.103–104:

     I dierectum cor meum, ac suspende te.
     Tu sussultas, ego miser vix asto prae formidine.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 183–184:

     Qui potuit videre? — Oculis. — Quo pacto? — Hiantibus.
     — In hinc dierectus? Nugare in re capitali mea.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 280 CE, Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina I 67:

     DIERECTI dicti cruci fixi, quasi ad diem erecti. Varro Eumenidibus: apage in dierectum a domo nostra istam insanitatem!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Used in curses with verbs of motion, see also ī in malam crucem and compare English go and get hanged!.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	diērectus	diērecta	diērectum		diērectī	diērectae	diērecta
genitive	diērectī	diērectae	diērectī		diērectōrum	diērectārum	diērectōrum
dative	diērectō	diērectae	diērectō		diērectīs
accusative	diērectum	diērectam	diērectum		diērectōs	diērectās	diērecta
ablative	diērectō	diērectā	diērectō		diērectīs
vocative	diērecte	diērecta	diērectum		diērectī	diērectae	diērecta

Derived terms

• diērectē

See also

• crux
• furca
• patibulum

References

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