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rectissime

rectissime is a Latin form of rego, meaning “rule, govern; guide, direct, steer”. It is the superlative noun or vocative singular masculine superlative noun or vocative singular neuter superlative noun.

Found 33 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 107: ac ne ex facto solum sapientes illos iudicetis, sed etiam ex hominibus ipsis quod hi fecerunt rectissime ac sapientissime factum probetis, quis P.Publio Octavio Balbo ingenio prudentior, iure peritior, fide, religi …

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 5.9.6: … igeret! Quid? ante hunc praetores non fuerunt? quis autem hic est, qui emendet publicos mores?' Alii contra: 'Rectissime fecit; initurus magistratum iura cognovit, senatus consulta legit, reprimit foedissimas pactiones, rem pulche …

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.