rectum

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rectum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rectum, abbreviation of Latin rectum intestinum (“the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛktəm/

Noun

rectum (plural recta or rectums)

  1. (anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass.

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Further reading
  • 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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestīnum) (“straight intestine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɛk.tɔm/

Noun

rectum m (plural rectums)

  1. (anatomy) rectum

Further reading

Latin

Verb

rēctum

  1. supine of regō

Participle

rēctum

  1. nominative neuter singular of rēctus
  2. accusative masculine singular of rēctus
  3. accusative neuter singular of rēctus
  4. vocative neuter singular of rēctus

References
  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • rectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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
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