rectum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹɛktəm/, /ˈɹɛkˌtʌm/ Rhymes: -ɛktəm === Noun === 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 or cloaca. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === latus rectum === See also === nomen rectum (probably etymologically unrelated) === Further reading === rectum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “rectum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “rectum”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “rectum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestīnum) (“straight intestine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɛk.tɔm/ === Noun === rectum m (plural rectums) (anatomy) rectum === Further reading === “rectum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈreːk.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛk.tum] === Noun === rēctum n (genitive rēctī); second declension good, uprightness, rectitude, virtue Synonyms: bonum, virtūs Antonyms: vitium, culpa, malum, iniūria, noxa, crīmen, peccātum, dēlīctum, error ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === Verb === rēctum accusative supine of regō === Participle === rēctum inflection of rēctus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular === References === “rectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "rectum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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 (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “rectum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.