straight (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. rectā2. recto itinere • straight (adv.): 1. rectā: his course was s. for Rome, sibi r. iter esse Romam, Cic. Verr. 5, 61, extr.: Hor. (Less freq. recta via Pl.) 2. recto itinere: they march straight for the Iberus, recto ad Iberum i. contendunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 69. (Recto, absol., v. late, and not to be imitated.)