contraretiarius
Latin
Etymology
From contrā (“against”) + rētiārius (“a net fighter”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔn.traː.reː.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon̪.t̪ra.ret̪.t̪͡s̪iˈaː.ri.us]
Noun
contrārētiārius m (genitive contrārētiāriī or contrārētiārī); second declension
- (gladiatorial combat) A net-fighting opponent; the opponent of a rētiārius, who is himself a rētiārius.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).