arrectus
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;
nom. sg. 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;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quodam modo verbis depingitur: "constitit in digitos extemplo arrectus uterque" et cetera, quae nobis illam pugilum congredientium faciem..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...palmas amborum innexuit armis. constitit in digitos extemplo arrectus uterque bracchiaque ad superas interritus extulit auras. abduxere retro..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...difficilem aut facilem nuntiavere; consulis animus tamen paulum arrectus. Itaque ex copia tubicinum et cornicinum numero quinque quam..."
