recta
From LSJ
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
Latin > English
recta ADV :: directly, straight
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rectā: and rectē,
I advv., v. rego, P. a. fin.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rēctā¹² (rectus), adv., tout droit, en droite ligne : Cic. Off. 3, 80.
Latin > German (Georges)
rēctā, Adv., sc. viā (rectus), geradeswegs, direkt, Enn. fr., Komik., Cic. u.a.: rectā domum, (geht) stracks nach Hause, Petron. 58, 13.
