adverb
rīte
rīte (not comparable)
Classical[ˈriː.tɛ]Ecclesiastical[ˈriː.te]
Meaning
- not comparableaccording to religious usage, with due observances, with proper ceremonies, ceremonially, solemnly, duly
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mōre sacrō, rēctērīte — in Metamorphoses I, †
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- rebus divinis (rite) perpetratis
- after having performed the sacrifice (with due ritual).
- deum rite (summa religione) colere
- to honour the gods with all due ceremonial (very devoutly).
rītĕ, adv. perh. an old abl. form collat. with ritu, as, on the other hand, diu with die, and noctu with nocte; subst. rite = ritu, is now found only in rite nefasto libatus, Stat. Th. 11, 285.
1. Lit., according to religious ceremonies or observances; and pregn., with due religious observances or rites, according to religious usage:
nocturna mulierum sacrificia ne sunto praeter olla quae pro populo rite fient, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21: rite veteres, rite etiam vestri coluere divos, id. poët. Div. 1, 13, 21: neque duobus nisi certis deis rite una hostia fieri, Liv. 27, 25, 9: exsequiis rite solutis, Verg. A. 7, 5: centum mactabat rite bidentes, id. ib. 7, 93: deos apprecati, Hor. C. 4, 15, 28: Latonae puerum canentes, id. ib. 4, 6, 37: rebus divinis perpetratis, Liv. 1, 8: pecora sacrificant, id. 41, 18: votum solvi, id. 31, 9: templa sacerdotum rite dicata manu, Ov. F. 1, 610.— 2. Transf., in gen., in a proper or just manner; fitly, duly, rightly, aright, well:
quod fit rite id ratum ac rectum est, Varr. L. L. 7, § 88 Müll.: rite significat bene ac recte, Paul. ex Fest. p. 272 ib.: idque ut rite intellegas te facere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 193 P.: hunc deum rite beatum dixerimus, rightly, with justice or reason, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52; so, habere, id. ib. 2, 24, 62: appellari, id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Ov. M. 3, 264; 14, 433 al.: creatus tribunus, Quint. 2, 4, 35: rebus paratis, Verg. A. 4, 555: memor, id. ib. 5, 25: aperire partus, Hor. C. S. 13: mens rite Nutrita, id. C. 4, 4, 25: si maxima Juno Rite vocor, Ov. M. 3, 264; id. H. 7, 108: QVON RITE RECTE DE FINIBVS CVM VELIENS. ACTVM SIT, Inscr. Orell. 137: deos veneror, Ut, quod de meā re huc veni, rite venerim, at the right time, fortunately, Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 18; Verg. A. 10, 254: Nymphas venerabar, Rite secundarent visus, id. ib. 3, 36.— b. In the usual way, manner, or fashion; according to custom or usage:
retinentes pocula rite, Lucr. 1, 495: campestres Scythae, Quorum plaustra vagas rite trahunt domos, Hor. C. 3, 24, 10: religatos rite videbat Carpere gramen equos, Verg. A. 9, 352. — c. Esp., in the manner or form prescribed by law, legally, formally, solemnly:
hic enim rite productust patri, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 51: rite creatus tribunus, Quint. 2, 4, 35: matrimonium rite confectum, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rīte adv.
old abl. for rītū; see ritus, according to religious usage, with due observances, with proper ceremonies, ceremonially, solemnly, duly : sacrificia, quae pro populo rite fient: neque duobus nisi certis deis rite una hostia fieri, L.: exsequiis rite solutis, V.: deos apprecati, H.: pecora sacrificant, L.: Templa sacerdotum dicata manu, O.— In a proper manner, justly, fitly, duly, rightly, aright, well : hunc deum rite beatum dixerimus, with reason : rite di sunt habiti: rebus paratis, V.: mens rite Nutrita, H.: si maxima Iuno Rite vocor, O.— In the usual manner, according to usage, customarily : Scythae, Quorum plaustra vagas rite trahunt domos, H.: religati rite equi, V.
Origins
Presumably from an ablative of an old third-declension form *rītis, related to rītus (“rite, custom”).