retinus

Latin

Etymology

From rēte (a net) + -īnus (-ine, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rētīnus (feminine rētīna, neuter rētīnum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)

  1. 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.

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
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

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