dierecte

From diērectus +‎ -ē.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [di.eːˈrɛk.teː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [di.eˈrɛk.te]

diērectē (not comparable)

1. (so as) to be crucified, to the cross
   • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1.2.139:

     I dierecte in maxumam malam crucem

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   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 1.1.7–8:

     abscede ab aedibus. abi rus, abi dierecte, abscede ab ianua.

     • Translation by Paul Nixon, Plautus in five volumes, 1916-1938

       Away from the house with you! Off to your farm! Off and be hanged! Away from the doorway!

Consrued with verbs of movement, compare English go and get hanged!.

• “dierecte”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.