recto

Meanings

1. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
2. The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
3. A writ of right.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).

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