Usages of rectus
Mater dicit: “Per vicum rectum ambula, et ad forum cito pervenies.”
Mother says: “Walk through the straight street, and you will reach the forum quickly.”
Si ad angulum venis, noli statim vertere, sed per viam rectam ambula.
If you come to the corner, do not turn at once, but walk along the straight road.
Magister discipulos monet ut per vicum rectum eant et ad angulum dextrum vertant.
The teacher warns the students to go through the straight street and turn at the right corner.
Cum ad villam pervenissent, puella et mater negaverunt iter difficile fuisse, quia vicus rectus erat.
When they had reached the house, the girl and her mother denied that the journey had been difficult, because the street was straight.
Mater filiae monstrat quomodo stamen rectum teneat, ne subtemen implicetur.
Mother shows her daughter how to hold the warp straight, so that the weft may not get tangled.
Perpendiculum rectum pendet, sed canalis declivis est.
The plumb line hangs straight, but the conduit slopes downward.
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