retina
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Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin retina, the diminutive form of Latin rete (“net”), probably from the Vulgar Latin phrase (tunica) *retina, literally "net-like tunic", used to describe the blood vessel system at the back of the eye. (Gerard of Cremona may have created this phrase as a translation for Arabic (ṭabaqa) shabakiyya "net-like layer", which translates Ancient Greek ἀμφιβληστροειδής (amphiblēstroeidḗs) (χιτών (khitṓn))).[1]
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Noun[edit]
retina (plural retinas or retinae or retinæ)
- (anatomy) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball where light is converted into neural signals sent to the brain.
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Noun[edit]
retina m (plural retines)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin rētina, the diminutive form of Latin rēte (“net”), probably from Vulgar Latin tunica *retina (literally “net-like tunic”), used to describe the blood vessel system at the back of the eye.
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: re‧ti‧na
Noun[edit]
retina f, m (plural retina's, diminutive retinaatje n)
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Hungarian[edit]
Noun[edit]
retina
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
retina (plural retinas)
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Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
The original sense (Etymology 2) of retina, but given a specific anatomical meaning.
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Noun[edit]
retina f (plural retine)
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Etymology 2[edit]
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Noun[edit]
retina f (plural retine) (Diminutive of: rete)
Verb[edit]
retina
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Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
An abbreviation of the Classical retināculum n, which, because it occurred almost exclusively in the plural (retinācula, -ōrum), was reinterpreted in its abbreviated form as a feminine, rather than a neuter, noun.
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retina f (genitive retinae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) a rein (strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control an animal)
Declension[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | retina | retinae |
Genitive | retinae | retinārum |
Dative | retinae | retinīs |
Accusative | retinam | retinās |
Ablative | retinā | retinīs |
Vocative | retina | retinae |
References[edit]
- 2. RETINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Etymology 2[edit]
An etymologising spelling, closer to the word’s etymon, the Ancient Greek ῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē).
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rētīna f (genitive rētīnae); first declension
- medieval spelling of rēsīna (“resin”)
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Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | rētīna | rētīnae |
Genitive | rētīnae | rētīnārum |
Dative | rētīnae | rētīnīs |
Accusative | rētīnam | rētīnās |
Ablative | rētīnā | rētīnīs |
Vocative | rētīna | rētīnae |
References[edit]
- 1. RETINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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Verb[edit]
retina
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of retinir
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of retinir
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of retinir
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of retinir
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retina f (plural retinas)
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