retinus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rēte (“a net”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /reːˈtiː.nus/, [reːˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈti.nus/, [reˈt̪iːnus]
Adjective
[edit]rētīnus (feminine rētīna, neuter rētīnum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)
- of or pertaining to a net; netlike
- 12th century, Guillelmus abbas, De natura corporis et animae 180:
- Primum ei supponitur tunica retina, vel circumponitur, ideo sic appellata quia ex venis et arteriis in modum retis est composita.
- First, a net-like tunic is found below, namely placed around, called this way because it is composed of veins and arteries in the shape of a net.
- Primum ei supponitur tunica retina, vel circumponitur, ideo sic appellata quia ex venis et arteriis in modum retis est composita.
Inflection
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | rētīnus | rētīna | rētīnum | rētīnī | rētīnae | rētīna | |
Genitive | rētīnī | rētīnae | rētīnī | rētīnōrum | rētīnārum | rētīnōrum | |
Dative | rētīnō | rētīnō | rētīnīs | ||||
Accusative | rētīnum | rētīnam | rētīnum | rētīnōs | rētīnās | rētīna | |
Ablative | rētīnō | rētīnā | rētīnō | rētīnīs | |||
Vocative | rētīne | rētīna | rētīnum | rētīnī | rētīnae | rētīna |
Derived terms
[edit]- rētīna (noun)