rectum
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rectum (plural recta or rectums)
- (anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
terminal part of the large intestine
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- rectum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- rectum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rectum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- rectum at OneLook Dictionary Search
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestīnum) (“straight intestine”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rectum m (plural rectums)
Further readingEdit
- “rectum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
LatinEdit
NounEdit
rēctum n (genitive rēctī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rēctum | rēcta |
Genitive | rēctī | rēctōrum |
Dative | rēctō | rēctīs |
Accusative | rēctum | rēcta |
Ablative | rēctō | rēctīs |
Vocative | rēctum | rēcta |
VerbEdit
rēctum
- accusative supine of regō
ParticipleEdit
rēctum
- inflection of rēctus:
ReferencesEdit
- “rectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rectum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- rectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
- (ambiguous) you were right in...; you did right to..: recte, bene fecisti quod...
- (ambiguous) a good conscience: conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
- (ambiguous) to congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience: conscientia recte factorum erigi
- (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure, merito)
- (ambiguous) quite rightly: et recte (iure) quidem
- (ambiguous) quite rightly: recte, iure id quidem
- (ambiguous) in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum