arrectos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arrigo, arrigere, arrexi, arrectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
set upright, tilt upwards, stand on end, raise; become sexually excited/aroused;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →arrectus, arrecta -um, arrectior -or -us, arrectissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis (Elementary)
erect, perpendicular, upright, standing; steep, precipitous; excited, eager;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sonipes ictu furit arduus altaque iactat vulneris impatiens arrecto pectore crura, volvitur ille excussus humi. Catillus Iollan ingentemque..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...passim somno vinoque per herbam corpora fusa vident, arrectos litore currus, inter lora rotasque viros, simul arma iacere..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Huiusce modi oratione habita Marius, postquam plebis animos arrectos videt, propere commeatu, stipendio, armis aliisque utilibus navis onerat..."
