retiarius
retiarius, a gladiator who used a net to entangle his adversary, net-fighter
rētĭārĭus, ii, m. [rete],
- one who fights with a net, a net-fighter (a kind of gladiator, who endeavored to hold his adversary by throwing a net over his head), Quint. 6, 3, 61; Suet. Calig. 30; id. Claud. 34; Val. Max. 1, 7, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2566; 2578; 4273; cf. Juv. 8, 204 sqq.; v. Dict. of Antiq.; and cf. mirmillo.—Prov.: contra retiarium ferula, to fight with feeble weapons against one well equipped, or, as we might say, to parry a lance with a bodkin, Mart. 2 praef.
rētiārius, iī., m. (rete), I) ein Gladiator, der sich außer einem Dreizacke (fuscina) eines Netzes bediente, um es seinem Gegner über den Kopf zu werfen u. ihn so zu Boden zu ziehen, der Netzfechter, Fest. p. 285 (a), 11 (neben murmillo; vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 284, 2). Val. Max. 1, 7, 8. Quint. 6, 3, 61. Suet. Calig. 30, 3; Claud. 34, 1. Tert. de spect. 25. Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 3465 u. 6, 631. – Sprichw., contra retiarium ferula, schwache Waffen gegen einen Wohlgerüsteten, Mart. 2. praef. – II) der Netzverfertiger, viell. Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 499. Vgl. Gloss. ›retiarius, δικτυοπλύκος‹.
et hic ~ius, -rii, qui facit retia et pro decipiente quandoque dicitur
hic ~us,a netmaker ‥ hec ~ia, A.a kelmaker
erant ibi in eodem constituti tempore homines ~ii
videas ‥ nectrices plagiaris vel rhetiarias
rētĭārĭus, (15) ĭī, m. (rete), rétiaire [gladiateur armé dʼun trident et dʼun filet] : Quint. 6, 3, 61 ; Suet. Cal. 30, etc., cf. Fest. 285, 11 || [prov.] contra retiarium ferula Mart. 2, præf., le pot de terre contre le pot de fer.
Contra Retiarium ferula: quod occurrit apud Juvenalem Sat. 8. et Martialem in Præfat. lib. 2. quodque dictum volunt in eos, qui infirmo præsidio contra maxime instructum pugnare præsumerent. De retibus in conflictu adhibitis vide Carolum de Aquino in Lexico Militari v. Retia.
rētiārius ī, m
- rete, a gladiator who used a net to entangle his adversary, net-fighter, Iu.
Retiarius
See gladiatores, p. 732.