different between recta vs rectums

English

Noun

recta

1. plural of rectum
   • 1983: John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder, p321

     They were scared deep in their recta, but they leaped out of the foxhole and ran to the rescue, but by the time they got there Bucket-head had already stopped one of the enemy and the rest of them headed back upstream.

References

Anagrams

• Carte, Trace, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, reäct, trace

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?r?k.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?r?k.ta/

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recte

Latin

Etymology 1

From the feminine ablative singular of r?ctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?k.ta?/, [?re?kt?ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rek.ta/, [?r?kt??]

Adverb

r?ct? (not comparable)

1. directly, straightforward

Etymology 2

See r?ctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?k.ta?/, [?re?kt?ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rek.ta/, [?r?kt??]

Participle

r?cta

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of r?ctus
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of r?ctus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?k.ta/, [?re?kt?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?rek.ta/, [?r?kt??]

Participle

r?ct?

1. ablative feminine singular of r?ctus

References

• recta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• recta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• recta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recto

Spanish

Adjective

recta

1. feminine singular of recto

Noun

recta f (plural rectas)

1. straight line
2. straight

Derived terms

English

Alternative forms

• recta

Noun

rectums

1. plural of rectum

French

Noun

rectums ?

1. plural of rectum