porrectus

English
  • A porrectus.

Etymology

From Latin porrectus, from porrigō (“I stretch”).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /pˈɔɹɛktəs/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /pˈɒɹɛktəs/

Noun

porrectus (plural porrecti)

  1. (music) A neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise.

See also

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of porrigō.

Pronunciation

Participle

porrēctus (feminine porrēcta, neuter porrēctum, comparative porrēctior, superlative porrēctissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. stretched, extended
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative porrēctus porrēcta porrēctum porrēctī porrēctae porrēcta
Genitive porrēctī porrēctae porrēctī porrēctōrum porrēctārum porrēctōrum
Dative porrēctō porrēctō porrēctīs
Accusative porrēctum porrēctam porrēctum porrēctōs porrēctās porrēcta
Ablative porrēctō porrēctā porrēctō porrēctīs
Vocative porrēcte porrēcta porrēctum porrēctī porrēctae porrēcta

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of porriciō.

Pronunciation

Participle

porrectus (feminine porrecta, neuter porrectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. offered as a sacrifice
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative porrectus porrecta porrectum porrectī porrectae porrecta
Genitive porrectī porrectae porrectī porrectōrum porrectārum porrectōrum
Dative porrectō porrectō porrectīs
Accusative porrectum porrectam porrectum porrectōs porrectās porrecta
Ablative porrectō porrectā porrectō porrectīs
Vocative porrecte porrecta porrectum porrectī porrectae porrecta

References
  • “porrectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “porrectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • porrectus 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)
  • porrectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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