rectura

Latin

Etymology 1

regō +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reːkˈtuː.ra/, [reːkˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /rekˈtu.ra/, [rekˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

rēctūra f (genitive rēctūrae); first declension

1. control, government

   Synonym: regimen

2. uprightness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rēctūra	rēctūrae
genitive	rēctūrae	rēctūrārum
dative	rēctūrae	rēctūrīs
accusative	rēctūram	rēctūrās
ablative	rēctūrā	rēctūrīs
vocative	rēctūra	rēctūrae

Etymology 2

rēctūra

1. inflection of rēctūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Etymology 3

rēctūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of rēctūrus

References

• “rectura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rectura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rectura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.