rēctus adj. with comp. and sup. P. of rego, in a straight line, straight, upright, direct, undeviating: rectā regione iter instituere, L.: India, rectā regione spatiosa, Cu.: hinc in pistrinum rectā proficisci viā, T.: huc ex Africā cursus, L.: lineae, perpendicular: saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, horizontal, Cs.: recto litore, directly along the shore, V.: ad Iberum iter, Cs.: ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis, V.: recto grassetur limite miles, O.: velut rectae acies concurrissent, i. e. front to front, L.: pugna, regular, L.: saxa, steep, L.: rectae prope rupes, L.: truncus, O.: puella, H.: senectus, Iu.: iterque Non agit in rectum, directly forward, O.: crus Rectius, H.: longā trabe rectior exstet, O.

—Fig., direct, right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. C.: ut rectā viā rem narret, T.: quae sint in artibus recta ac prava diiudicare: est lex nihil aliud nisi recta ratio: rectum est gravitatem retinere: nominibus rectis expendere nummos, i. e. on good securities, H.: si quid novisti rectius istis, H.: rectissima studia.

—Morally right, just, conscientious, virtuous, upright: a rectā conscientiā discedere: animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus, H.: Caesar: quid rectius fuerit, dicere non est necesse: ob rectissimum facinus.