erectus

== English == === Etymology === Ellipsis of Homo erectus; from Latin erectus (“upright”). === Noun === erectus (uncountable) Homo erectus == Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of ērigō (“raise, erect”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈreːk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɛk.tus] === Participle === ērēctus (feminine ērēcta, neuter ērēctum, comparative ērēctior); first/second-declension participle erected, made upright, raised, having been set up built, having been constructed aroused, excited, having been aroused encouraged, cheered, having been encouraged elevated, lofty, noble haughty, proud alert, attentive, intent, confident Synonyms: attentus, intentus, intēnsus, cautus animated, encouraged, resolute (New Latin) Used in taxonomic names as a specific epithet for any plant or animal that stands erect. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== dīērectus ==== Related terms ==== ērēctē ērēctiō ērigō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “erectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “erectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “erectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.