English

Noun

retiarius ‎(plural retiari or retiarii)

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

Latin

Etymology

From rēte ‎(“a net”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reː.tiˈaː.ri.us/

Noun

rētiārius m ‎(genitive rētiāriī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Hypernyms

• gladiātor

Derived terms

• contrārētiārius

Coordinate terms

• prōvocātor
• secūtor
• Thrax

Descendants

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “retiarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• retiarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers