erectus

English

Ellipsis of Homo erectus; from Latin erectus (“upright”).

erectus (uncountable)

Perfect passive participle of ērigō (“raise, erect”).

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.

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	ērēctus	ērēcta	ērēctum	ērēctī	ērēctae	ērēcta
genitive	ērēctī	ērēctae	ērēctī	ērēctōrum	ērēctārum	ērēctōrum
dative	ērēctō	ērēctae	ērēctō	ērēctīs
accusative	ērēctum	ērēctam	ērēctum	ērēctōs	ērēctās	ērēcta
ablative	ērēctō	ērēctā	ērēctō	ērēctīs
vocative	ērēcte	ērēcta	ērēctum	ērēctī	ērēctae	ērēcta

“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.
- to show a brisk and cheerful spirit: alacri et erecto animo esse