reticulum

See also: Reticulum and réticulum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēticulum (net). Doublet of reticle.

Noun

reticulum (plural reticula or reticulums)

  1. (biology) A network. For example, the endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
  2. A pattern of interconnected objects.
  3. (zoology) The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant.
    • 2013 [1966], Robert E. Hungate, The Rumen and Its Microbes, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 162:
      As the young ruminant consumes forages, the reticulum, and particularly the rumen, develop rapidly.
  4. (cooking) The tripe made from the second compartment of the stomach of a cow (or other ruminant).
    Synonym: honeycomb tripe

Translations


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rēte (net, snare) + -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /reːˈti.ku.lum/, [reːˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈti.ku.lum/, [reˈt̪iːkulum]

Noun

rēticulum n (genitive rēticulī); second declension

  1. a net
  2. a fishnet
  3. a hairnet
  4. a network
  5. a colander
  6. an omentum
  7. (later Latin): a reticle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēticulum rēticula
Genitive rēticulī rēticulōrum
Dative rēticulō rēticulīs
Accusative rēticulum rēticula
Ablative rēticulō rēticulīs
Vocative rēticulum rēticula

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: reticle
  • Italian: reticolo
  • Portuguese: retículo, retícula

References

  • reticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • reticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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