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9-letter words (1 found)

RETIARIUS,

8-letter words (1 found)

RARITIES,

7-letter words (7 found)

AIRIEST,ARTSIER,IRISATE,RUSTIER,SERRATI,TARRIES,TARSIER,

6-letter words (34 found)

AIRERS,AIREST,AIRIER,ARREST,ARRETS,ARSIER,ARTIER,ARTIES,ARTSIE,AURIST,IRATER,RAISER,RAREST,RASTER,RASURE,RATERS,RISTRA,RUSTRE,SAIRER,SATIRE,SIERRA,STARER,STIRRA,STIRRE,STRIAE,SUITER,TARRES,TERAIS,TERRAS,TRIERS,URARES,URARIS,URATES,URITES,

5-letter words (79 found)

AESIR,AIRER,AIRTS,AITUS,ARETS,ARISE,ARRET,ARRIS,ARTIS,ASTER,ASTIR,AUREI,AURES,AURIS,EARST,ETUIS,IRATE,RAISE,RAITS,RARES,RASER,RATER,RATES,RATUS,REAIS,REARS,REAST,REIST,RESAT,RESIT,RETIA,RISER,RITES,RUERS,SAUTE,SERAI,SERRA,SIEUR,SIRRA,SITAR,STAIR,STARE,STARR,STEAR,STIRE,STRAE,STRIA,STURE,SUITE,SURAT,SURER,SURRA,SUTRA,TARES,TARRE,TARSI,TASER,TEARS,TERAI,TERAS,TERRA,TIARS,TIERS,TIRES,TIRRS,TRIER,TRIES,TRUER,TRUES,TURRS,URAEI,URARE,URARI,URASE,URATE,UREAS,URITE,URSAE,UTERI,

4-letter words (95 found)

AIRS,AIRT,AITS,AITU,ARES,ARET,ARIS,ARSE,ARTI,ARTS,ATES,EARS,EAST,EATS,EAUS,ERAS,ERRS,ERST,ETAS,ETUI,IRES,IRIS,ISIT,ITAS,IURE,RAIS,RAIT,RARE,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,RATU,REAR,REIS,REST,RETS,RIAS,RISE,RITE,RITS,RUER,RUES,RUSA,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SAIR,SARI,SATE,SATI,SAUT,SEAR,SEAT,SEIR,SERA,SERR,SETA,SIRE,SIRI,SITE,STAR,STIE,STIR,SUER,SUET,SUIT,SURA,SURE,TAES,TAIS,TARE,TARS,TASE,TAUS,TEAR,TEAS,TIAR,TIER,TIES,TIRE,TIRR,TRES,TRIE,TRUE,TSAR,TUIS,TURR,UREA,URES,URSA,USER,UTAS,UTES,UTIS,

3-letter words (61 found)

AIR,AIS,AIT,ARE,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,AUE,EAR,EAS,EAT,EAU,ERA,ERR,ERS,EST,ETA,IRE,ITA,ITS,RAI,RAS,RAT,REI,RES,RET,RIA,RIT,RUE,RUT,SAE,SAI,SAR,SAT,SAU,SEA,SEI,SER,SET,SIR,SIT,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUR,TAE,TAI,TAR,TAS,TAU,TEA,TES,TIE,TIS,TUI,URE,USE,UTA,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (20 found)

AE,AI,AR,AS,AT,EA,ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,RE,SI,ST,TA,TE,TI,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 299 words from retiarius according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of retiarius

retiarius

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rētiārius.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛ.tɪˈɑː.ɹɪ.əs/, /ˌɹɛ.tɪˈɛː.ɹɪ.əs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹi.ʃiˈɛə.ɹi.əs/
  • Hyphenation: re‧ti‧ar‧i‧us

Noun

retiarius (plural retiari or retiarii)

  1. (historical) A type of gladiator who uses a casting net (a rete or iaculum) as a weapon.

Latin

Etymology

From rēte (“net”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /reː.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [reːt̪iˈäːriʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ret.t͡siˈa.ri.us/, [ret̪ː͡s̪iˈäːrius]

Noun

rētiārius m (genitive rētiāriī or rētiārī); second declension

  1. A net-fighter; a gladiator who fights with a net.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Hypernyms

  • gladiātor

Coordinate terms

  • prōvocātor
  • secūtor
  • Thrax

Derived terms

  • contrārētiārius

Descendants

References

  • “retiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “retiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • retiarius 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)
  • retiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “retiarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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