reticulum

See also: Reticulum and réticulum

English

Etymology

From Latin rēticulum (“net”).

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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