reticulum

See also: Reticulum and réticulum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle.

Noun

reticulum (plural reticula or reticulums)

  1. A network. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. A pattern of interconnected objects.
  3. (zoology) The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant.

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive form of rēte.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /reːˈti.ku.lum/, [reːˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

rēticulum n (genitive rēticulī); second declension

  1. a net
  2. a fishnet
  3. a hairnet
  4. a network
  5. a colander
  6. an omentum
  7. (later Latin): a reticle

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēticulum rēticula
Genitive rēticulī rēticulōrum
Dative rēticulō rēticulīs
Accusative rēticulum rēticula
Ablative rēticulō rēticulīs
Vocative rēticulum rēticula

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • reticulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • reticulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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