erectus
English
Etymology
Ellipsis of Homo erectus.; from Latin erectus (“upright”).
Noun
erectus (uncountable)
- Homo erectus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of ērigō (“raise, erect”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈreːk.tus/, [eːˈreːkt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈrek.tus/, [eˈrɛkt̪us]
Participle
ērēctus (feminine ērēcta, neuter ērēctum, comparative ērēctior); first/second-declension participle
- erect, upright, raised, having been set up
- built, having been constructed
- aroused, excited, having been aroused
- encouraged, cheered, having been encouraged
- elevated, lofty, noble
- haughty, proud
- alert, attentive, intent, confident
- Synonyms: attentus, intentus, intēnsus, cautus
- animated, encouraged, resolute
- (New Latin) Used in taxonomic names as a specific epithet for any plant or animal that stands erect.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ērēctus | ērēcta | ērēctum | ērēctī | ērēctae | ērēcta | |
| Genitive | ērēctī | ērēctae | ērēctī | ērēctōrum | ērēctārum | ērēctōrum | |
| Dative | ērēctō | ērēctō | ērēctīs | ||||
| Accusative | ērēctum | ērēctam | ērēctum | ērēctōs | ērēctās | ērēcta | |
| Ablative | ērēctō | ērēctā | ērēctō | ērēctīs | |||
| Vocative | ērēcte | ērēcta | ērēctum | ērēctī | ērēctae | ērēcta | |
Derived terms
terms derived from erectus
- Bromus erectus
- Chloranthus erectus
- Ematheudes erectus
- Hippocampus erectus
- Homo erectus
- Messor erectus
- Thyropygus erectus
Related terms
- ērēctē
- ērēctiō
- ērigō
Descendants
descendants of erectus
- Catalan: erecte (borrowing)
- English: erect (borrowing)
- Friulian: eret (borrowing), ert
- Italian: eretto (borrowing), erto
- Ladin: ert
- Portuguese: ereto (borrowing)
- Romanian: erect (borrowing)
- Spanish: erecto (borrowing), yerto
- Venetian: erto
References
- “erectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “erectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- erectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to show a brisk and cheerful spirit: alacri et erecto animo esse
- to show a brisk and cheerful spirit: alacri et erecto animo esse