erect (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. ērectus2. rectus • erect (adj.): 1. ērectus: an e. gait, e. incessus, Tac. Join: (homines) humo excitati, celsi et erecti, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140. 2. rectus: while old-age is but begun and still e., dum prima et r. senectus, Juv. 3, 26: v. upright. Phr.: to cause to stand e., ērĭgo, rexi, ctum, 3: (nature) formed man only e., solum hominem erexit, Cic. (v. to raise): my hair stood e., comae steterunt, Virg.: hair e. and bristling, horrida caesaries, Ov.