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.

	singular	plural
nominative	rēctitūdō	rēctitūdinēs
genitive	rēctitūdinis	rēctitūdinum
dative	rēctitūdinī	rēctitūdinibus
accusative	rēctitūdinem	rēctitūdinēs
ablative	rēctitūdine	rēctitūdinibus
vocative	rēctitūdō	rēctitūdinēs

Related terms

• rectus

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016