retiarius

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‹.

retiarius [CL=gladiator who carries a net for entangling his opponent], ~ia, a (as sb. m. or f.) maker of nets, netmaker. b (as adj.) who makes nets. a et hic ~ius, -rii, qui facit retia et pro decipiente quandoque dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 501; hic ~us, a netmaker ‥ hec ~ia, A. a kelmaker WW.  b erant ibi in eodem constituti tempore homines ~ii Bede Mart. 599; videas ‥ nectrices plagiaris vel rhetiarias Whittington Vulg. 66.

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.

retiarius , ii. m.
帶網比武者。Contra retiarium ferula 带網者打手扳可也。此非其所宜。

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rētiārius ī, m

• rete, a gladiator who used a net to entangle his adversary, net-fighter, Iu.

Retiarius

See gladiatores, p. 732.