directae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dirigo, dirigere, direxi, directus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
arrange/set in line/direction; align; set in order; form up, fall in (army);; mark/fix (boundary); demarcate; straighten (out); level; square (up);; point; direct (word/attention); bring proceedings; end word w/inflection;; direct (course/steps), turn/steer/guide; propel/direct (missiles/blows);
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →directus, directa -um, directior -or -us, directissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
straight/not curved; moving straight forward/in straight line; direct/absolute;; vertical, upright, perpendicular; simple; forthright/undisguised; strict legal;; steep (L+S); level; open/straightforward (Ecc); proper, helpful/guiding;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...unum mille" et "duo milia" certa atque directa ratione dicitur. Quamobrem id quoque recte et probabiliter dici solitum..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...perculsos impauida sola erat uidebaturque, si iusta ac directa pugna esset, haudquaquam impar futura; tantum animorum fecerat prospere..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...communivit et postero die in conspectu hostium acie directa potestatem pugnae fecit. Insequenti nocte caedes in castris Romanis..."
