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retto
retto
Italian
Adjective
retto m (feminine singular retta, masculine plural retti, feminine plural rette)
- (obsolete, literally) straight
- (archaic, figuratively) honest, upright
- (archaic, figuratively) righteous
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(geometry) right (of an angle); straight (of a line)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier (2002), Canto XIII, p. 236, vv. 100-102:
- «[...] non si est dare primum motum esse, ¶ o se del mezzo cerchio far si puote ¶ trïangol sì ch'un retto non avesse. [...]»
- «[...] not [to know] if the being of a prime mover is acknowledgeable, ¶ or if in semicircle can be made ¶ triangle so that it have no right [angle]. [...]»
- «[...] non si est dare primum motum esse, ¶ o se del mezzo cerchio far si puote ¶ trïangol sì ch'un retto non avesse. [...]»
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier (2002), Canto XIII, p. 236, vv. 100-102:
- (anatomy) rectus
- (grammar, of a case) direct
Synonyms
- (1, more common): diritto, dritto
- (2, more common): corretto, giusto, onesto, virtuoso; (dated): probo
- (3, more common): corretto, giusto; (dated): probo
Antonyms
- (1): inclinato, piegato, sbilenco, storto, (uncommon): torto
- (2): disonesto, ingiusto, scorretto; (dated): truffaldino
- (3): abietto, corrotto, ingiusto, malvagio
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Verb
retto m (feminine singular retta, masculine plural retti, feminine plural rette)
- past participle of reggere
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of intestino retto, from Latin rēctum intestīnum (literally “straight intestine”).
Noun
retto m (plural retti) (anatomy)