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directura

directura

Latin

Alternative forms

dērectūra

Noun

dīrectūra f ‎(genitive dīrectūrae); first declension

The action of making something straight, even or level; a level or even surface.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dīrectūra	dīrectūrae
genitive	dīrectūrae	dīrectūrārum
dative	dīrectūrae	dīrectūrīs
accusative	dīrectūram	dīrectūrās
ablative	dīrectūrā	dīrectūrīs
vocative	dīrectūra	dīrectūrae

Descendants

French: droiture
Italian: dirittura
Portuguese: direitura
Spanish: derechura

References

directura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
DIRECTURA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “directura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.