Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recta ratio

/ˈɹɛktə ˈɹeɪʃɪəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: rec-ta ra-tio
IPA: /ˈɹɛktə ˈɹeɪʃɪəʊ/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

“Right reason”, which regards virtue as desirable in itself.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Here we may ſee whence the Scholemen borrowed their Recta ratio, right reaſon, which they make with the Philoſophers to be the Regula eſſe moralis, the rule of Moral Beings and Actions."

Etymology

First attested in an English text in 1677; borrowed from Latin rēcta ratiō (“right reason”), a calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθὸς λόγος (orthòs lógos). Cf. Cicero, De leg. I, 7, I, 2: “Recta ratio - quae cum sit lex, lege quoque consociati homines cum diis putandi sumus.” Term used in a letter to "Tom" by John Locke, October 20, 1659: “...We are all centaurs, and ’tis the beast that carries us, and everyone’s recta ratio is but the traverses of his own steps.”

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rēcta ratiō, ὀρθὸς λόγος

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɹɛktə ˈɹeɪʃɪəʊ/

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce recta ratio?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛktə ˈɹeɪʃɪəʊ/.
What does recta ratio mean?: “Right reason”, which regards virtue as desirable in itself.
Where does recta ratio come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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