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casus rectus

casus rectus noun: the nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.

Noun

casus rectus (plural casus recti)

  1. (dated) The nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
    Synonyms:
    direct case

Synonyms of casus rectus

Forms of casus rectus

pluralcasus recti
alternative formrectus casus

Origin of casus rectus

Learned borrowing from Latin cāsus rēctus (literally “straight case”).

Questions about casus rectus

What does casus rectus mean?
Casus rectus means the nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
What part of speech is casus rectus?
Casus rectus is a noun.
What is the plural of casus rectus?
The plural of casus rectus is casus recti.

Words near casus rectus in the dictionary

  1. casus bellis
  2. casus foederis
  3. casus fortuitus
  4. casus omissus
  5. casus recti
  6. casus rectus
  7. Casvin
  8. Caswell
  9. Caswell County
  10. caswellite
  11. caswellsilverite

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