retifex
Latin
Etymology
From rēt(e) (“net”) + -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈreː.ti.feks/, [ˈreːt̪ɪfɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.ti.feks/, [ˈrɛːt̪ifeks]
Noun
rētifex m (genitive rētificis); third declension
- net maker
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rētifex | rētificēs |
| Genitive | rētificis | rētificum |
| Dative | rētificī | rētificibus |
| Accusative | rētificem | rētificēs |
| Ablative | rētifice | rētificibus |
| Vocative | rētifex | rētificēs |
References
- “retifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- retifex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- retifex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.