haustrum
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːstɹəm/
Noun
haustrum (plural haustra or haustrae)
- (anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From hauriō (“draw, drain”) + -trum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhau̯s.trũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈau̯s.t̪rum]
Noun
haustrum n (genitive haustrī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | haustrum | haustra |
| genitive | haustrī | haustrōrum |
| dative | haustrō | haustrīs |
| accusative | haustrum | haustra |
| ablative | haustrō | haustrīs |
| vocative | haustrum | haustra |
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References
- “haustrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- haustrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.