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Learn Hardcore Latin: recte - properly

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 52
/recte

recte

Word

recte

Meaning

properly

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of recte

Sic et balneum et cena parva, si recte parantur, corpori mentique auxilio esse possunt.

Thus both a bath and a small dinner, if they are prepared properly, can be a help to body and mind.

Mater dicit manus ante cenam sapone recte lavandas esse.

Mother says that hands must be washed properly with soap before dinner.

Mater puellam monet ut ante lararium taceat et flores recte ponat.

Mother warns the girl to be silent before the household shrine and to place the flowers properly.

Sic in domo, ubi tablinum, triclinium, et peristylium inter se differunt, etiam pueri paulatim discunt quid in his locis recte faciendum sit.

Thus in a house, where the study, dining room, and peristyle differ from one another, even the boys gradually learn what ought to be done properly in these places.

Si signifer signum non recte feret, cohors ordinem facile amittet.

If the standard-bearer does not carry the standard properly, the cohort will easily lose order.

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