LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

rētiārius

rētiārius m (genitive rētiāriī or rētiārī)
Classical[reː.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ret.t͡siˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. retiarius (gladiator who uses a casting net as a weapon)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerētiāriusrētiāriī
genitiverētiāriī
rētiārī		rētiāriōrum
dativerētiāriōrētiāriīs
accusativerētiāriumrētiāriōs
ablativerētiāriōrētiāriīs
vocativerētiārierētiāriī

rētĭārĭus, ii, m. rete,
I. one who fights with a net, a net-fighter (a kind of gladiator, who endeavored to hold his adversary by throwing a net over his head), Quint. 6, 3, 61; Suet. Calig. 30; id. Claud. 34; Val. Max. 1, 7, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2566; 2578; 4273; cf. Juv. 8, 204 sqq.; v. Dict. of Antiq.; and cf. mirmillo.—Prov.: contra retiarium ferula, to fight with feeble weapons against one well equipped, or, as we might say, to parry a lance with a bodkin, Mart. 2 praef.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin rētiārius From rēte (“net”) + -ārius.

Descendants
  • Englishretiarius
  • Frenchrétiaire
  • Italianreziario
  • Portuguesereciário
  • Spanishreciario

Quick answers

What does rētiārius mean in Latin?
rētiārius, a noun, means “retiarius (gladiator who uses a casting net as a weapon)”.
What is the genitive of rētiārius?
The genitive singular is rētiāriī. rētiārius is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce rētiārius?
In classical Latin, [reː.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ret.t͡siˈaː.ri.us].