haustrum

English

Etymology

From Latin haustrum.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːstɹəm/

Noun

haustrum (plural haustra or haustrae)

  1. (anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hauriō (“draw, drain”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhau̯s.trum/, [ˈhäu̯s̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯s.trum/, [ˈäu̯st̪rum]

Noun

haustrum n (genitive haustrī); second declension

  1. A tool for drawing water; scoop, bucket.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative haustrum haustra
Genitive haustrī haustrōrum
Dative haustrō haustrīs
Accusative haustrum haustra
Ablative haustrō haustrīs
Vocative haustrum haustra

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
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