different between reticulate vs reticulum

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin r?ticul?tus (“reticulated, net-like”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?t
• Rhymes: -?kj?le?t

Adjective

reticulate (comparative more reticulate, superlative most reticulate)

1. Network-like in form or appearance.

Synonyms

• reticular

Coordinate terms

• reticuloid

Derived terms

• infrareticulate

Translations

Verb

reticulate (third-person singular simple present reticulates, present participle reticulating, simple past and past participle reticulated)

1. (transitive) To distribute or move via a network.
2. (transitive) To divide into or form a network.
3. (intransitive) To create a network.

Derived terms

• reticulation
• reticulative

Related terms

• reticle
• reticule

Latin

Adjective

r?ticul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of r?ticul?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?ticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle.

Noun

reticulum (plural reticula or reticulums)

1. A network. 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.

Related terms

• reticle
• reticulate
• reticulated
• reticulation

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• r?ti?culum
• r?ticulus

Etymology

From r?te (“net, snare”) +? -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re??ti.ku.lum/, [re??t??k??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re?ti.ku.lum/, [r??t?i?kulum]

Noun

r?ticulum n (genitive r?ticul?); 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).

Derived terms

• r?ticul?tus

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