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.
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.)
STRAIGHT Copy link • STRAIGHT 1. adj., Not crooked or curved, rectus (opposed to curvus, pravus): directus (in a straight line): libratus (horizontal): erectus (upright; e.g., incessus): aequus, planus (even, level). A straight line, linea directa: a straight road, via recta or directa: straight growth (of a person, tree, etc.), proceritas: to make straight what before was crooked, aliquid corrigere: to make a straight thing crooked, recta prava facere: to become straight, se corrigere. Direct, right, Vid. 2. adverb, recta via: recta: recto itinere: recto.