erectus

English

Etymology

Ellipsis of Homo erectus; from Latin erectus (“upright”).

Noun

erectus (uncountable)

1. Homo erectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ērigō (“raise, erect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eːˈreːk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈrɛk.t̪us]

Participle

ērēctus (feminine ērēcta, neuter ērēctum, comparative ērēctior); first/second-declension participle

1. erected, made upright, raised, having been set up
2. built, having been constructed
3. aroused, excited, having been aroused
4. encouraged, cheered, having been encouraged
5. elevated, lofty, noble
6. haughty, proud
7. alert, attentive, intent, confident

   Synonyms: attentus, intentus, intēnsus, cautus

8. animated, encouraged, resolute
9. (New Latin) Used in taxonomic names as a specific epithet for any plant or animal that stands erect.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ērēctus	ērēcta	ērēctum		ērēctī	ērēctae	ērēcta
genitive	ērēctī	ērēctae	ērēctī		ērēctōrum	ērēctārum	ērēctōrum
dative	ērēctō	ērēctae	ērēctō		ērēctīs
accusative	ērēctum	ērēctam	ērēctum		ērēctōs	ērēctās	ērēcta
ablative	ērēctō	ērēctā	ērēctō		ērēctīs
vocative	ērēcte	ērēcta	ērēctum		ērēctī	ērēctae	ērēcta

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Bromus erectus
• Chloranthus erectus
• Ematheudes erectus
• Hippocampus erectus
• Homo erectus
• Messor erectus
• Thyropygus erectus

Related terms

• ērēctē
• ērēctiō
• ērigō

Descendants

• → Catalan: erecte
• → English: erect
• Friulian: → eret, ert
• Italian: → eretto, erto
• Ladin: ert
• → Portuguese: ereto
• → Romanian: erect
• Spanish: → erecto, yerto
• Venetan: erto

References

• “erectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “erectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “erectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to show a brisk and cheerful spirit: alacri et erecto animo esse