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語源

Latin: ōrātiō (“speech”) + rēcta (feminine nominative 単数形 form of rēctus, “straight”, “direct”, “honest”)

名詞

oratio recta (usually uncountable, 複数形 orationes rectae)

1. Direct speech.

反意語

• (direct speech): oratio obliqua

参照

• “‖oratio” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “oratio recta, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., June 2004]