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rectam

rectam is a Latin form of rego, meaning “rule, govern; guide, direct, steer”. It is the perfect passive participle accusative singular feminine.

Found 36 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.58: … ad voluptatem referatis, tamen ea faciatis, e quibus appareat non voluptatem vos, sed officium sequi, plusque rectam naturam quam rationem pravam valere.

Martial, Epigrammata 7.20.2: Rectam vocatus cum cucurrit ad cenam,

Plautus, Pseudolus 4.7.1136b: Hic quidem ad me récta habet rectám viam.

All forms of rego (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.