straight (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. rectus2. dīrectus • straight (adj.): 1. rectus: a s. line, r. linea, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: Lucr.: opp. curvus, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44. 2. dīrectus: a simple and s. passage, iter simplex et d., Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144 (opp. flexuosum): Ov. M. 1, 98 (opp. flexus): in a s. line, in directo (sc. itinere), Varr. To arrange in a s. line, dirigere (ad perpendiculum), Caes. B. G. 4, 17: also absol., to arrange ships in a s. line, naves d. (ante portum), Liv. 37, 31.