Latin

Noun

rectitūdō f ‎(genitive rectitūdinis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• rectus

Descendants

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rectitudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• rectitudo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016