retiarius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rētiārius.

Pronunciation

Noun

retiarius (plural retiari or retiarii)

  1. (historical) A type of gladiator who uses a casting net (a rete or iaculum) as a weapon.

Latin

Etymology

From rēte (“net”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /reː.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [reː.tɪˈaː.ri.ʊs]

Noun

rētiārius m (genitive rētiāriī); second declension

  1. A net-fighter; a gladiator who fights with a net.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rētiārius rētiāriī
Genitive rētiāriī rētiāriōrum
Dative rētiāriō rētiāriīs
Accusative rētiārium rētiāriōs
Ablative rētiāriō rētiāriīs
Vocative rētiārie rētiāriī

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • Portuguese: reciário
  • Russian: retiar (retiar)
  • Spanish: reciario

References
  • retiarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • retiarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • retiarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • retiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • retiarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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