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|lshtext=<b>rēte</b>: is, n. (abl. reti, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 27; id. Truc. 1, 1, 17;<br /><b>I</b> [[more]] freq. [[rete]], id. Pers. 1, 2, 22; id. Rud. 4, 2, 9; 4, 3, 81; 4, 4, 124; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 8; 3, 11, 3; id. L. L. 5, 29, § 130 Müll.; Col. 8, 10, 1; Suet. Ner. 30; Ov. F. 5, 371; id. Hal. 22; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81; Sen. Octav. 412 al.—Collat. form, acc. retem, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 45; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; 14.— As fem.: tecta [[porticus]] [[sit]] [[rete]] cannabina, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; cf. in plur.: in retes meas incidisti, [[Charis]]. p. 20 P.; cf. also Prisc. p. 659 ib.— But the masc., [[which]] Prisc. p. 759 P., and [[Charis]]. p. 45 ib., [[assume]], is [[very]] [[doubtful]].—Other collat. forms: rē-tĭum, [[δίκτυον]],> Gloss. Philox., and rētĭa, ae, f., Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 759 P.; Schol. ad Juv. 8, 207) [for srēte, from [[sero]], a [[net]] (cf.: [[plaga]], [[casses]], [[sagena]]): in piscinam [[rete]] qui jaculum parat ... dum huc dum [[illuc]] reti eos impedit Pisces, etc., Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 14 sq.: [[intra]] [[rete]] aves sunt omne [[genus]], Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14: araneolae [[quasi]] [[rete]] texunt, ut, si [[quid]] inhaeserit, conficiant, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: [[retia]] ponere cervis, Verg. G. 1, 307; cf.: tendere cervis, Ov. M. 7, 701; so, tendere, id. ib. 4, 512; 8, 331; id. H. 5, 19 al.: ferre, id. M. 10, 171: ducere in [[retia]] pisces, id. ib. 13, 922: praetendere, pandere, Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29: praetexere, id. 16, 1, 1, § 4: extrahere, Suet. Rhet. 1 al.—Prov.: quae [[nimis]] [[apparent]] [[retia]], vitat [[avis]], Ov. R. Am. 516.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[very]] [[rare]], and perh. [[only]] [[poet]].), a [[net]], [[toil]], [[snare]]: tum [[retia]] nexit, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 903 P.; cf.: [[rete]] nexisti nostro [[lecto]], Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 37: retibus amoris exire ([[with]] nodos Veneris), Lucr. 4, 1147: qui [[albo]] [[rete]] aliena oppugnant bona, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>rēte</b>,¹⁰ is, n. (abl. e, gén. pl. ium), rets, filet : Cic. Nat. 2, 123 ; [[Varro]] R. 3, 5, 14 || [fig.] Pl. Pers. 74 ; Lucr. 4, 1147 ; Prop. 3, 8, 37. [[retis]], is, f., nom. d’après Char. 61, 15 ; Prisc. Gramm. 5, 45, mais pas d’ex. || acc. retem [[Varro]] R. 3, 5, 11 ; 3, 5, 14 || abl. [[rete]] [[Varro]] R. 3, 5, 11 || acc. pl. retes Char. 33, 20 || genre masc. signalé d. Char. 61, 15 ; Prisc. Gramm. 5, 45 ; 7, 55, mais sans ex. sûr, car Pl. Rud. 942, les mss donnent [[rete]] || pas d’ex. d’abl. reti, v. mss Pl. Rud. 1071 ; Truc. 38.
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