retinus
Latin
Etymology
From rēte (“a net”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [reːˈtiː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈt̪iː.nus]
Adjective
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
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | rētīnus | rētīna | rētīnum | rētīnī | rētīnae | rētīna | |
genitive | rētīnī | rētīnae | rētīnī | rētīnōrum | rētīnārum | rētīnōrum | |
dative | rētīnō | rētīnae | rētīnō | rētīnīs | |||
accusative | rētīnum | rētīnam | rētīnum | rētīnōs | rētīnās | rētīna | |
ablative | rētīnō | rētīnā | rētīnō | rētīnīs | |||
vocative | rētīne | rētīna | rētīnum | rētīnī | rētīnae | rētīna |
Derived terms
- rētīna (noun)