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.

Related terms

• ahaustral
• haustration
• haustral
• haustral contraction

Anagrams

• muhurtas

Latin

Alternative forms

• austrum

Etymology

From hauriō (“draw, drain”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhau̯s.trum/, [ˈhäu̯s̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate 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

Related terms

• hauriō
• haustor
• haustus

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.