LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

rēte

rēte n (genitive rētis)
Classical[ˈreː.tɛ]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.te]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. net, snare, network
  2. figurativelytrap
  3. New LatinThe Web; the Internet.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quod piscātor in aquam mittit, ut piscēs capiat.
rēte -is n — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs
textum fūnium capiēns
rēte -is (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 2

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Rete · Cassis · Plaga

Retia (from ῥῆχος, ἀράχνη,) is the most general expression for fishing and hunting nets; casses and plagæ are implements used in hunting only; casses (from κοττάνη), nets for catching the smaller wild animals; plagæ (from πλέξαι), nets of a stronger texture to get larger animals into one’s power by entangling them. Hor. Ep. 2, 32. Aut trudit acres apros in obstantes plagas, aut amite levi rara tendit retia. (vi. 304.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerēterētia
genitiverētisrētium
dativerētīrētibus
accusativerēterētia
ablativerēte
rētī		rētibus
vocativerēterētia

rēte, is, n. (abl. reti, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 27; id. Truc. 1, 1, 17;
I. more freq. rete, id. Pers. 1, 2, 22; id. Rud. 4, 2, 9; 4, 3, 81; 4, 4, 124; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 8; 3, 11, 3; id. L. L. 5, 29, § 130 Müll.; Col. 8, 10, 1; Suet. Ner. 30; Ov. F. 5, 371; id. Hal. 22; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81; Sen. Octav. 412 al.—Collat. form, acc. retem, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 45; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; 14.— As fem.: tecta porticus sit rete cannabina, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; cf. in plur.: in retes meas incidisti, Charis. p. 20 P.; cf. also Prisc. p. 659 ib.— But the masc., which Prisc. p. 759 P., and Charis. p. 45 ib., assume, is very doubtful.—Other collat. forms: rē-tĭum, δίκτυον, Gloss. Philox., and rētĭa, ae, f., Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 759 P.; Schol. ad Juv. 8, 207) [for srēte, from sero], a net (cf.: plaga, casses, sagena): in piscinam rete qui jaculum parat ... dum huc dum illuc reti eos impedit Pisces, etc., Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 14 sq.: intra rete aves sunt omne genus, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14: araneolae quasi rete texunt, ut, si quid inhaeserit, conficiant, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: retia ponere cervis, Verg. G. 1, 307; cf.: tendere cervis, Ov. M. 7, 701; so, tendere, id. ib. 4, 512; 8, 331; id. H. 5, 19 al.: ferre, id. M. 10, 171: ducere in retia pisces, id. ib. 13, 922: praetendere, pandere, Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29: praetexere, id. 16, 1, 1, § 4: extrahere, Suet. Rhet. 1 al.—Prov.: quae nimis apparent retia, vitat avis, Ov. R. Am. 516.—
II. Trop. (very rare, and perh. only poet.), a net, toil, snare: tum retia nexit, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 903 P.; cf.: rete nexisti nostro lecto, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 37: retibus amoris exire (with nodos Veneris), Lucr. 4, 1147: qui albo rete aliena oppugnant bona, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *rēti-, of uncertain origin. Some theories: * Related to Lithuanian rėtis (“sieve”), conceivably from Proto-Indo-European *ret-. * Alternatively, borrowed from Semitic; compare Hebrew רֶשֶׁת (rešet, “net (for fishing and bird-catching)”), Ugaritic 𐎗𐎘𐎚 (rṯt, “net”).

Descendants
  • Catalanret
  • Englishrete
  • Englishretiform
  • Frenchretsfrom Old French reiz
  • Italianrete
  • Italianrezza
  • Occitanret
  • Portugueserede
  • Romanianrețea
  • Sardinianreta

Quick answers

What does rēte mean in Latin?
rēte, a noun, means “net, snare, network; trap; The Web”.
What is the genitive of rēte?
The genitive singular is rētis. rēte is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce rēte?
In classical Latin, [ˈreː.tɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.te].